Another Look at Flavor

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new organization for charged pseudo scalar mesons using a simple non-relativistic potential model that incorporates flavor as a dynamic quantum number, comparing it with traditional and relativistic models.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to organizing mesons within a non-relativistic potential framework, emphasizing flavor as a dynamic quantum number.

Findings

Potential coupling constant derived from experimental charge radii.

Constituent quark masses depend on the light quark mass.

Comparison of non-relativistic and relativistic quark models.

Abstract

A new suggestion for organizing the charged pseudo scalar mesons is presented. The simple Non-relativistic (NR) potential model employs a single value of the light quark mass and determines the potential coupling constant directly from the charged pseudo scalar mesons, pion and kaon, experimental charge radii values. All other constituent quark masses are directly dependent on the light quark mass value. The model compares features of the traditional approaches to the NR quark model as well as that of a Relativistic quark model. We explore the possibility of introducing flavor as a dynamic quantum number.