( q q ¯ ) -pion mass and decay constant in a relativistic independent-quark model

Abstract

The mass and decay constant of the [Formula: see text]-pion together with the masses of ρ and ω mesons are calculated in a chiral symmetric potential model of independent quarks, taking into account the corrections due to the possible residual interactions, such as quark–pion coupling arising out of the requirement of chiral symmetry and quark gluon coupling arising out of one-gluon-exchange, and that due to the spurious center-of-mass motion of the meson core. The effective potential representing phenomenologically the nonperturbative gluon interactions, including gluon self coupling, is chosen with equally mixed scalar and vector parts in a logarithmic form. The result obtained for the physical mass of [Formula: see text]-pion is consistent with that of the PCAC-pion, and the pion-decay constant reasonably agrees with experiment.