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Broken conformal symmetry. I. The hadron spectrum

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

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The breaking of the asymptotic conformal symmetry of strong interactions is investigated. It is assumed that the symmetry is broken by the nonvanishing vacuum expectation value of a scalar field. The first-order symmetry-breaking term in the two-point function is completely determined by the conformally invariant limit of the theory. The model predicts families of almost linear Regge trajectories. It is predicted that the ratio of total widths to masses of resonances is —approximately—a universal constant. Comparison with baryon resonances shows reasonably good agreement with the prediction.

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Si studia la rottura della simmetria conforme asintotica delle interazioni forti. Si suppone che la simmetria sia rotta dal valore di attesa del vuoto, che non tende a zero, di un campo scalare. Si determina completamente il termine di primo ordine di rottura della simmetria dal limite conformemente invariante della teoria. Il modello predice famiglie di traiettorie di Regge quasi lineari. Si predice che il rapporto fra le ampiezze totali e le masse delle risonanze è, approssimativamente, una costante universale. Un confronto con le risonanze barioniche mostra un accordo ragionevolmente buono con la predizione.

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Kövesi-Domokos, S., Yunn, B.C. & Domokos, G. Broken conformal symmetry. I. The hadron spectrum. Nuov Cim A 17, 103–124 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02790290

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