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Constituent quarks, soft pions and meson masses

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In the constituent quark model, a simple mass formula is given to relate the masses of the vector and pseudoscalar mesons. Good agreement is obtained for all mesons, from the lightest π, ϱ mesons to the heaviest. In the limit of vanishing pion mass, alower limit of 230 MeV is obtained for the constituent quark mass.

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  1. P. J. O'Donell

    Present address: Department of Physics, University of Toronto, M5S 1A7, Toronto, Ont., Canada

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    M. Frank

  2. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

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Frank, M., O'Donell, P.J. Constituent quarks, soft pions and meson masses. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 34, 39–42 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01561112

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