Open AccessBroken symmetries and mass formulae for vector mesons
Author(s) -
G Segrè,
J. Sucher
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
il nuovo cimento
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1827-6121
pISSN - 0029-6341
DOI - 10.1007/bf02750471
Subject(s) - multiplet , physics , meson , a priori and a posteriori , mass formula , point (geometry) , homogeneous space , electromagnetic mass , theoretical physics , field theory (psychology) , particle physics , elementary particle , mathematical physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry , philosophy , epistemology , spectral line
Summary The question of which kind of mass formulae [(mass)2 vs. (mass)-2] are correct for a multiplet of vector mesons is studied. It is shown that from a field-theoretic point of view, one does not have a clear a priori preference for either kind of formulae.
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