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Hadrons and Nuclei


Eur. Phys. J. A 12, 349-352 (2001)

A note on inequalities for the masses of the lightest $\rm {\pi\pi}$ resonances in multicoloured QCD

M.V. Polyakov1, 2 and V.V. Vereshagin3

1  Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 18835 St. Petersburg, Russia
2  Institute for Theoretical Physics II Ruhr University, 44780 Bochum, Germany
3  Institute of Physics St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia

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(Received: 15 July 2001 / Revised version: 22 October 2001 Communicated by A. Schäfer)

Abstract
We derive and analyse inequalities relating masses of the lightest $\pi\pi$ resonances ( $\rho$ and $\sigma$) to coupling constants of the effective chiral Lagrangian in the limit of a large number of colours.

PACS
11.15.Pg - Expansions for large numbers of components (e.g., $1/N_{\rm c}$ expansions).
14.40.-n - Mesons.

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