Title
Tight knot spectrum in QCD
Department/School
Mathematics
Date
3-26-2014
Document Type
Article
Keywords
QCD, knot theory, tight knot spectrum
Abstract
We model the observed J++ mesonic mass spectrum in terms of energies for tightly knotted and linked chromoelectric QCD flux tubes. The data is fit with one- and two-parameter models. We predict a possible new state at approximately 1190 MeV and a plethora of new states above 1690 MeV.
Published in
Physical Review D
COinS
Citation/Other Information
Buniy, R. V., Cantarella, J., Kephart, T. W., & Rawdon, E. (2014). Tight knot spectrum in QCD. Physical Review D (89), 054513. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.054513.