Quark-model based study of the triton binding energy
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I. INTRODUCTION
- During the last decade the development of quark-model based interactions for the hadronic force has led to nucleonnucleon (NN) potentials that provide a fairly reliable description of the on-shell data.
- Second, other quark-model based interactions were primarily designed to describe the baryon spectra ͓7͔, but lead to unrealistic results when they are applied to the two-nucleon system ͓8͔.
- The model has been previously utilized for investigations of three-body systems (NNN, NN⌬, N⌬⌬, and ⌬⌬⌬), putting more emphasis on the mass ordering of possible bound states of these systems than on the binding energy values ͓9͔.
- Indeed the relevance and/or necessity of considering the nonlocal parts of NN potentials in realistic interactions is still under debate.
- Some preliminary studies in this direction have been done in Ref. ͓10͔.
II. QUARK-MODEL BASED NN POTENTIAL
- In recent years a chiral quark cluster model for the NN interaction has been developed.
- This model has been widely described in the literature ͓3,4,17,18͔; therefore, the authors will only briefly summarize here its most relevant aspects.
- Using the range of values for ⌳ given above yields a NϪ⌬ mass difference due to the pseudoscalar interaction between 150 and 200 MeV.
- For the present study the authors make use of the nonlocal NN potential derived through a Lippmann-Schwinger formulation of the RGM equations in momentum space ͓18͔.
- The formulation of the RGM for a system of two baryons B 1 and B 2 needs the wave function of the two-baryon system constructed from the one-baryon wave functions.
ST
- Denotes spin-isospin wave function of the two-baryon system coupled to spin ͑S͒ and isospin (T), and, finally, c ͓2 3 ͔ is the product of two color singlets.
- The dynamics of the system is governed by the Schro ¨dinger equation ͑ HϪE T ͉͒⌿͘ϭ0⇒͗␦⌿͉͑ HϪE T ͉͒⌿͘ϭ0, ͑7͒ where EQUATION with T c.m. being the center-of-mass kinetic energy, V i j the quark-quark interaction described above, and m q the constituent quark mass.
III. TRITON BINDING ENERGY
- The triton binding energy is obtained by means of a Faddeev calculation using the NN interaction described above.
- In those works it was shown that, with a separable expansion of sufficiently high rank, reliable and accurate results on the three-body level can be achieved.
- It is reassuring to see that the predicted triton binding energy is comparable to those obtained from conventional NN potentials, such as the Bonn or Nijmegen models.
- The results also give support to the use of such an interaction model for further few-body calculations.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
- The authors have calculated the three-nucleon bound state problem utilizing a nonlocal NN potential derived from a basic quarkquark interaction.
- In the calculation of the three-nucleon binding energy the authors have followed the traditional approach: namely, solving the Faddeev equations with nucleon degrees of freedom.
- Let us remark, however, that in a more fundamental approach one would impose consistency between the treatment of two-and three-nucleon systems in terms of quark degrees of freedom.
- An estimation provided in this reference suggests that those threenucleon forces could yield additional binding in the order of 0.2 MeV.
- If this is the case, then those effects would be still small enough to guarantee that the approach the authors followed in their study is sufficiently accurate for an exploratory calculation.
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Q2. What are the future works in "Quark-model based study of the triton binding energy" ?
Thus, for the future, a more refined and consistent treatment of the three-nucleon problem within the quark picture is certainly desirable in order to allow for reliable conclusions on this issue.
Q3. How do the authors solve the three-body Faddeev equations in momentum space?
To solve the three-body Faddeev equations in momentum space the authors first perform a separable finite-rank expansion of the NN(2ND) sector utilizing the Ernst-Shakin-Thaler ~EST!
Q4. What is the chiral quark cluster model?
The formulation of the RGM for a system of two baryons B1 and B2 needs the wave function of the two-baryon system constructed from the one-baryon wave functions.
Q5. How many MeV could be produced by the three-body exchange?
An estimation provided in this reference suggests that those threenucleon forces could yield additional binding in the order of 0.2 MeV.
Q6. What is the chiral symmetry of the pNN?
It contains, as a consequence of chiral symmetry breaking, a pseudo-©2002 The American Physical Society01-1scalar and a scalar exchange between constituent quarks coming from the LagrangianLch5gchF~q 2!C̄~s1ig5tW•pW !C , ~1!where F(q2) is a monopole form factor:F~q2!5F Lx2 Lx 21q2 G 1/2. ~2!
Q7. What is the way to achieve the converged results?
In those works it was shown that, with a separable expansion of sufficiently high rank, reliable and accurate results on the three-body level can be achieved.
Q8. What is the simplest way to get converged results?
In the present case it turned out that separable representations of rank 6 — for 1S0-(5D0) and for 3S1-3D1 — are sufficient to get converged results.
Q9. what is the kinetic energy of the quark?
The dynamics of the system is governed by the Schrö-dinger equation~H2ET!uC&50⇒^dCu~H2ET!uC&50, ~7!whereH5( i51N pW i 22mq 1( i, j Vi j2Tc.m. , ~8!with Tc.m. being the center-of-mass kinetic energy, Vi j the quark-quark interaction described above, and mq the constituent quark mass.
Q10. What is the chiral symmetry of the NN?
A is the antisymmetrizer of the six-quark system, x(PW ) is the relative wave function of the two clusters, fBi(p W jBi ) is the internal spatial wave function of the baryon Bi, and jBi are the internal coordinates of the three quarks of baryon Bi .
Q11. What is the traditional approach to the triton binding energy?
In the calculation of the three-nucleon binding energy the authors have followed the traditional approach: namely, solving the Faddeev equations with nucleon degrees of freedom.
Q12. what is the energy of the two-body system?
In their case Ein52mN what makes their potential almost energy independent, because the center-of-mass energy of the two-body system, E, is much smaller than the internal energy Ein .
Q13. what is the kinetic energy exchange kernel?
~10!VD(PW ,PW i) is the direct RGM kernel and WL(PW ,PW i) is the exchange RGM kernel, composed of three different termsWL~PW ,PW i!5TL~PW ,PW i!1VL~PW ,PW i!1~E1Ein!KL~PW ,PW i!, ~11!where Ein is the internal energy of the two-body system, TL(PW ,PW i) is the kinetic energy exchange kernel, VL(PW ,PW i) is the potential energy exchange kernel, and KL(PW ,PW i) is the exchange norm kernel.