THE WAVE EQOATIONS FOR MESONS AND BARYONS IN THE STRATON MODEL

Quantum field theory is applied to meson states formed from a pair of straton and anti-straton, and also baryon states formed from three stratons according to the straton model. Two types of effective potential are also introduced which interact with the stratons through Dirac matrices γ₅ and γ₄ respectively. The rest mass of the stratons is assumed to be very heavy. The resulting wave equations give very satisfactory account of the mass spectra of the ground and excited states of various mesons and baryons.