The mass spectra of nucleon resonances with spin 1 2 , 3 2 , and 5 2 are systematically studied in the constituent quark model with meson-quark coupling, which is inspired by the spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry of QCD. The meson-quark coupling gives rise not only to the one-meson-exchange potential between quarks but also to the self-energy of baryon resonances due to the existence of m...

The property of a rho meson in dense nuclear matter is studied using the +CD sum rule. The spectral function appearing on the hadronic side of the sum rule is evaluated in the vector dominance model that takes into account the interaction between the rho meson and the pion. Including pion modification by the delta-hole polarization in the nuclear medium, we find that as the nuclear density incr...

A new relation between ρ-meson mass, weak π-meson decay constant, quark and gluon condensates is derived from the QCD sum rules. As a byproduct an explanation for the dominance of ρρ-decay for the f0(1370)-meson is proposed. Pacs: 12.38.Lg

Because of their large masses, one expects charm mesons to be mostly produced in the initial preequilibrium stage of relativistic heavy ion collisions. They have thus been suggested as possible probes of the initial dynamics in these collisions. Previous studies have been concentrated on the production of charm quarks from the preequilibrium partonic matter [1]. For charm meson production from ...

We examine the Brown-Rho scaling for meson masses in the strong coupling limit of lattice QCD with one species of staggered fermion. Analytical expression of meson masses is derived at finite temperature and chemical potential. We find that meson masses are approximately proportional to the equilibrium value of the chiral condensate, which evolves as a function of temperature and chemical poten...

A qualitative account of the meson-meson and meson-baryon interactions using chiral Lagrangians and the inverse amplitude method in coupled channels is done. The method, imposing exact unitarity, proves to be a very useful tool to extend the information contained in the chiral Lagrangians at energies beyond the realm of applicability of chiral perturbation theory.

A qualitative account of the meson-meson and meson-baryon interactions using chiral Lagrangians and the inverse amplitude method in coupled channels is done. The method, imposing exact unitarity, proves to be a very useful tool to extend the information contained in the chiral Lagrangians at energies beyond the realm of applicability of chiral perturbation theory.

Modifications of the DGMLY relation for calculation of electromagnetic π-meson mass difference based on the Chiral Symmetry Restoration phenomenon at high energies as well as the Operator Product Expansion of quark densities for vector (ρ) and axial-vector (a1) meson fields difference are proposed. In the calculations higher meson resonances in vector and axial-vector channels are taken into ac...

The implications of the massive top quark on heavy flavor transitions are explored. We review the generation of quark masses and mixings and the determination techniques, and present the status of the elements of the weak mixing matrix. Purely leptonic decays of heavy mesons are briefly summarized. We present a general introduction to flavor changing neutral currents and an extensive summary of...

We consider J/ψ meson photoproduction on protons at high energies at the leading order in αs using conventional parton model and k⊤-factorization approach of QCD. It is shown that in the both cases the colour singlet mechanism gives correct description for experimental data from HERA for the total cross section and for the J/ψ meson z-spectrum at realistic values of a c-quark mass and meson wav...