Lattice QCD studies on decuplet baryons as meson-baryon bound states in the HAL QCD method

TL;DR

This study uses lattice QCD with the HAL QCD method to investigate meson-baryon interactions, revealing that decuplet baryons like Δ and Ω can be viewed as tightly bound states of three quarks, with their binding energies and sizes analyzed.

Contribution

First application of the HAL QCD method to decuplet baryons as meson-baryon bound states in lattice QCD, providing insights into their structure and binding energies.

Findings

Ω baryon has a larger binding energy than Δ.

Both Δ and Ω are tightly bound with small spatial sizes.

Binding energies from lattice agree with 2-point function results within errors.

Abstract

We study decuplet baryons from meson-baryon interactions in lattice QCD, in particular, $\Delta$ and $\Omega$ baryons from P-wave $I=3/2$ $N\pi$ and $I=0$ $\Xi\bar{K}$ interactions, respectively. Interaction potentials are calculated in the HAL QCD method using 3-quark-type source operators at $m_{\pi} \approx 410~\textrm{MeV}$ and $m_{K} \approx 635~\textrm{MeV}$, where $\Delta$ as well as $\Omega$ baryons are stable. We use the conventional stochastic estimate of all-to-all propagators combined with the all-mode averaging to reduce statistical fluctuations. We have found that the $\Xi\bar K$ system has a weaker attraction than the $N\pi$ system while the binding energy from the threshold is larger for $\Omega$ than $\Delta$. This suggests that an inequality $m_{N}+m_{\pi}-m_{\Delta}<m_{\Xi}+m_{\bar K}-m_{\Omega}$ comes mainly from a smaller spatial size of a $\Xi \bar K$ bound state due to a larger reduced mass, rather than its interaction. Root-mean-square distances of bound states in both systems are small, indicating that $\Delta$ and $\Omega$ are tightly bound states and thus can be regarded qualitatively as composite states of 3 quarks. Results of binding energies agree with those obtained from temporal 2-point functions within large systematic errors, which arise dominantly from the lattice artifact at short distances.