On Excited Meson Spectra in the Scalar Strong Interaction Hadron Theory

Abstract

Meson spectra have been treated earlier in the scalar strong interaction hadron theory, choosing the Coulomb and linear type of potentials, neglecting the quadratic one. The spectra of ground state pseudoscalar and vector mesons were adequately accounted for but not that of the excited mesons. Here, the quadratic potential replaces the Coulomb one and the same ground state meson spectra were recovered. Also, the masses of low-lying radially excited pseudoscalar and vector mesons were found to be 4% - 18% smaller than the measured ones. Here, the linear type of potential, by itself of nonlinear nature, has been neglected. For some orbitally excited pseudoscalar mesons, the difference is 14% - 38%. The discrepancies are tentatively attributed to the neglected nonlinear potential, which is expected to increase with meson mass, as can be seen in the tables below.