Algebraic Realizations of Chiral Symmetry
- 25 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 177 (5), 2604-2620
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.177.2604
Abstract
The sum of tree graphs for forward pion scattering, generated by any chiral-invariant Lagrangian, is required to grow no faster at high energies than the actual scattering amplitude. In consequence, algebraic restrictions must be imposed on the axial-vector coupling matrix X and the mass matrix : For each helicity, X must, together with the isospin T, form a representation of , and must behave with respect to commutation with T and X as the sum of a chiral scalar and the fourth component of a chiral four-vector. If it is further assumed that the contribution of tree graphs to inelastic forward pion scattering vanishes at high energy, the two parts of the mass matrix must commute; this fixes various mixing angles, and leads to predictions like , , MeV, etc. If all pion transitions involved only -wave pions, then X would form part of the algebra of , and the mass matrix would behave as the sum of a 1- and a 20-dimensional representation of ; if -wave transitions are allowed, then the algebra must be enlarged to at least .
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