Excited state baryon spectroscopy from lattice QCD

Robert G. Edwards, Jozef J. Dudek, David G. Richards, and Stephen J. Wallace
Phys. Rev. D 84, 074508 – Published 31 October 2011

Abstract

We present a calculation of the Nucleon and Delta excited state spectra on dynamical anisotropic clover lattices. A method for operator construction is introduced that allows for the reliable identification of the continuum spins of baryon states, overcoming the reduced symmetry of the cubic lattice. Using this method, we are able to determine a spectrum of single-particle states for spins up to and including J=72, of both parities, the first time this has been achieved in a lattice calculation. We find a spectrum of states identifiable as admixtures of SU(6)O(3) representations and a counting of levels that is consistent with the nonrelativistic qqq constituent quark model. This dense spectrum is incompatible with quark-diquark model solutions to the “missing resonance problem” and shows no signs of parity doubling of states.

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  • Received 20 June 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.074508

© 2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Robert G. Edwards1,*, Jozef J. Dudek1,2,†, David G. Richards1,‡, and Stephen J. Wallace3,§

  • 1Jefferson Laboratory, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

  • *edwards@jlab.org
  • dudek@jlab.org
  • dgr@jlab.org
  • §stevewal@umd.edu

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Vol. 84, Iss. 7 — 1 October 2011

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