Eur. Phys. J. A (2010) 43: 379-388
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2010-10922-2

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Interpreting the masses of mesons in Regge phenomenology

¹ Key Laboratory of Ecophysics and Department of Physics, Teachers College, Shihezi University, 832003, Xinjiang, China
² Department of Technology and Physics, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, 450002, Zhengzhou, China

^* e-mail: liuyunhu20@tom.com

Received: 26 November 2009
Revised: 10 January 2010
Accepted: 13 January 2010
Published online: 18 February 2010

Abstract

In the framework of Regge phenomenology, we first study the relations between meson masses and the parameters of the radial Regge trajectory; then we calculate the masses of N ¹ S ₀ , N ³ S ₁ , N ¹ D ₂ and N ³ D ₃ meson multiplets. The fact that the results given in this work are in good agreement with those given by many other different approaches and experiment indicates that the obtained relations can give a believable description for the meson mass spectrum, especially the radial excited states. The predictions may be useful for the discovery of the unobserved meson and the J^P assignment of these states. Some related problems are discussed and the further work that we can do is also considered.