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Distinguishing exotic states from scattering states in lattice QCD

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dc.contributor John W. Negele.
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
dc.creator Sigaev, Dmitry
dc.date 2009-04-29T17:42:48Z
dc.date 2009-04-29T17:42:48Z
dc.date 2008
dc.date 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-04T06:28:03Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-04T06:28:03Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45441
dc.identifier 317980199
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/3045
dc.description Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2008.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-95).
dc.description This work explores the problem of distinguishing potentially interesting new exotic states in QCD from conventional scattering states using lattice QCD, and addresses the specific case of the search for localized resonances in a system of five quarks. We employ a complete basis of local interpolating operators, as well as a number of spatially distributed operators, to search for localized resonances in the system of five quarks. Motivated by initially promising experimental searches for the 8+(1540) pentaquark, we have set out to implement new approaches, both on the theoretical and computational side, to allow for calculations deemed infeasible by other groups searching for pentaquarks on the lattice. We restrict our system of five quarks to the quantum numbers of the O+(1540) pentaquark and get an insight into the structure of its states, calculate their energies and explore their properties. Finally, we use the obtained results to discriminate between scattering and exotic states. The calculation is performed in the quenched approximation with heavy Wilson fermions.
dc.description by Dmitry Sigaev.
dc.description Ph.D.
dc.format 95 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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dc.rights http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subject Physics.
dc.title Distinguishing exotic states from scattering states in lattice QCD
dc.type Thesis


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