Srednicki — Quantum Field Theory · Problem 83.8

Canonical Quantization of Scalar Fields — Mark Srednicki

Physics — QFT · chiral-symmetry-breaking-nucleon-masses

Problem

a) Write down all possible parity and time-reversal invariant terms with no derivatives that are bilinear in the nucleon field NN and that have one factor of the quark mass matrix MM. b) Reexpress your result in terms of the nucleon field N\mathcal{N}. c) Use the observed neutron-proton mass difference, mn−mp=1.293 MeVm_n - m_p = 1.293\,\mathrm{MeV}, and the mu/mdm_u/m_d ratio you found in problem 83.6, to determine as much as you can about the coefficients of the terms you wrote down. (Ignore the mass difference due to electromagnetism.)

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