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MASS RATIOS OF THE LIGHT QUARKS
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • JF Donoghue
  • BR Holstein
  • D WYLER
Publication Date
1992
Abstract

We derive a consistent set of light quark mass ratios which are compatible with the available constraints of chiral symmetry treated to next-to-leading order. Also required as input is resonance saturation of a set of low-energy amplitudes, in particular for the pion and kaon electromagnetic mass difference. The results (md+mu)/ms=1/15.5, (md-mu)/ms=1/29 are modestly different from previous values, and resolve the long-standing puzzle of the η→3π decay rate.

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Published version is located at http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v69/i24/p3444_1
Pages
3444-3447
Citation Information
JF Donoghue, BR Holstein and D WYLER. "MASS RATIOS OF THE LIGHT QUARKS" PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Vol. 69 Iss. 24 (1992)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/barry_holstein/187/