SU(3) symmetry breaking for masses, magnetic moments and sizes of baryons
Authors:
B. Schwesinger and H. Weigel
Affiliation:
a Siegen University, Fachbereich Physik, 59, Siegen, Germany
b Tübingen University, Institut für Theoretische Physik, 7400 Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, Germany
Abstract:
We use the SU(3) Skyrme model to investigate the effects of symmetry breaking imposed by different pseudoscalar meson masses on the structure of baryons. Specifically, we calculate their mass splittings, magnetic moments, charge radii, semileptonic decays as well as different strangeness contents of the proton. Since the Skyrme soliton is allowed to deform under the pressure of the symmetry breaking we find significant variations in baryon sizes with respect to strangeness.