Electromagnetic polarizabilities of the spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ baryons in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory

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Main Authors: Wen, Liang-Zhen, Chen, Yan-Ke, Meng, Lu, Zhu, Shi-Lin
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author Wen, Liang-Zhen
Chen, Yan-Ke
Meng, Lu
Zhu, Shi-Lin
author_facet Wen, Liang-Zhen
Chen, Yan-Ke
Meng, Lu
Zhu, Shi-Lin
contents We employ Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory (HB$χ$PT), a non-relativistic effective field theory that treats baryons as heavy static sources, to calculate the electromagnetic polarizabilities of spin-3/2 baryons in two sectors: the light-flavor decuplet baryons and singly heavy sextet baryons. We derive the analytical expressions up to $\mathcal{O}\left(p^3\right)$. Our results indicate that the long-range chiral corrections provide substantial contributions to the polarizabilities. In addition, magnetic dipole (M1) transitions of the baryons can significantly affect the magnetic polarizabilities and may even reverse their signs. For the decuplet baryons, the $Δ^+$ and $Δ^0$ exhibit the largest electric polarizabilities. Their values, $α_E(Δ^+) = (17.5 \pm 9.5)\times 10^{-4} \, \mathrm{fm}^3$ and $α_E(Δ^0) = (17.0 \pm 9.3)\times 10^{-4} \, \mathrm{fm}^3$, significantly exceed those typically observed for nucleons. Meanwhile, the electric polarizabilities of spin-3/2 singly heavy baryons are comparable to those of their spin-1/2 partners.
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spellingShingle Electromagnetic polarizabilities of the spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ baryons in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory
Wen, Liang-Zhen
Chen, Yan-Ke
Meng, Lu
Zhu, Shi-Lin
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Lattice
We employ Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory (HB$χ$PT), a non-relativistic effective field theory that treats baryons as heavy static sources, to calculate the electromagnetic polarizabilities of spin-3/2 baryons in two sectors: the light-flavor decuplet baryons and singly heavy sextet baryons. We derive the analytical expressions up to $\mathcal{O}\left(p^3\right)$. Our results indicate that the long-range chiral corrections provide substantial contributions to the polarizabilities. In addition, magnetic dipole (M1) transitions of the baryons can significantly affect the magnetic polarizabilities and may even reverse their signs. For the decuplet baryons, the $Δ^+$ and $Δ^0$ exhibit the largest electric polarizabilities. Their values, $α_E(Δ^+) = (17.5 \pm 9.5)\times 10^{-4} \, \mathrm{fm}^3$ and $α_E(Δ^0) = (17.0 \pm 9.3)\times 10^{-4} \, \mathrm{fm}^3$, significantly exceed those typically observed for nucleons. Meanwhile, the electric polarizabilities of spin-3/2 singly heavy baryons are comparable to those of their spin-1/2 partners.
title Electromagnetic polarizabilities of the spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ baryons in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Lattice
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18800