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2019:) or beauty, and a light anti-quark (either up, down or strange), can be viewed as systems in which the light quark is "tethered" by the gluonic force to the fixed heavy quark, like a ball tethered to a pole. These systems give us a view of the chiral symmetry breaking in its simplest form, that of a single light-quark state. 77:, which is a solvable theory of composite bosons that exhibits dynamical spontaneous chiral symmetry when a 4-fermion coupling constant becomes sufficiently large. Nambu was awarded the 2008 Nobel prize in physics "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics". 100:
Massless fermions in 4 dimensions are described by either left or right-handed spinors that each have 2 complex components. These have spin either aligned (right-handed chirality), or counter-aligned (left-handed chirality), with their momenta. In this case the chirality is a conserved quantum number
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In QCD, the gauge theory of strong interactions, the lowest mass quarks are nearly massless and an approximate chiral symmetry is present. In this case the left- and right-handed quarks are interchangeable in bound states of mesons and baryons, so an exact chiral symmetry of the quarks would imply
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symmetry. Under spontaneous symmetry breaking, the chiral symmetry is spontaneously broken to the "diagonal flavor SU(3) subgroup", generating low mass Nambu–Goldstone bosons. These are identified with the pseudoscalar mesons seen in the spectrum, and form an octet representation of the diagonal
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that defines QCD as a Yang-Mills gauge theory and leads to the gluonic force that binds quarks into baryons and meson. In this article we will not focus on the binding dynamics of QCD where quarks are confined within the baryon and meson particles that are observed in the laboratory (see
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One of the most spectacular aspects of spontaneous symmetry breaking, in general, is the phenomenon of the Nambu–Goldstone bosons. In QCD these appear as approximately massless particles. corresponding to the eight broken generators of the original
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A Dirac mass term explicitly breaks the chiral symmetry. In quantum electrodynamics (QED) the electron mass unites left and right handed spinors forming a 4 component Dirac spinor. In the absence of mass and quantum loops, QED would have a
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symmetry that allows a common phase rotation of left and right together, which is the gauge symmetry of electrodynamics. (At the quantum loop level, the chiral symmetry is broken, even for massless electrons, by the
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These states have small masses due to the explicit masses of the underlying quarks and as such are referred to as "pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons" or "pNGB's". pNGB's are a general phenomenon and arise in any
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which would be zero if the chiral symmetry breaking was turned off. The excited states of non-strange, heavy-light mesons are usually short-lived resonances due to the principal strong decay mode
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of the given fermion, and the left and right handed spinors can be independently phase transformed. More generally they can form multiplets under some symmetry group
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Chiral symmetry breaking in QCD is furthermore intimately associated with quantum effects, arising at the Feynman diagram loop level, generating the
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The resulting generic formula for the mass of pseudogoldstone bosons in the presence of an explicit breaking perturbation is often called
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of chiral symmetry in the strong interactions. In QCD, the fundamental fermion sector consists of three "flavors" of light mass quarks,
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studied the properties of these systems implementing both the heavy quark symmetry and the chiral symmetries of light quarks in a
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where the masses of the pseudoscalar mesons are determined by the quark masses, and various quantum effects can be computed in
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Procura, M.; Musch, B.; Wollenweber, T.; Hemmert, T.; Weise, W. (2006). "Nucleon mass: From lattice QCD to the chiral limit".
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account for approximately 99% of the mass of a proton or neutron, and these effects thus account for most of the mass of all
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Bernstein, J.; Gell-Mann, M.; Michel, L. (1960). "On the renormalization of the axial vector coupling constant in β-decay".
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and are therefore hard to observe. Though the results were approximate, they implied the charm-strange excited mesons
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within a few percent of the model prediction (also the more recently confirmed heavy quark spin-symmetry partner,
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which was the original successful classification scheme of the elementary particles including strangeness. The
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vector mesons are heavier still, appearing as short-lived resonances far (in mass) from their parity partners.
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symmetries, called "flavor-chiral" symmetries, should not be confused with the quark "color" symmetry,
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For the light quarks the chiral symmetry breaking condensate can be viewed as inducing the so-called
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computations, which show that the pseudoscalar masses vary with the quark masses as dictated by
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is not a group, and consists of the eight axial generators, corresponding to the eight light
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approximation. They showed that chiral symmetry breaking causes the s-wave ground states
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If the three light quark masses of QCD are set to zero, we then have a Lagrangian with a
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Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity. I
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in condensed matter physics. The basic idea was introduced to particle physics by
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collaboration, and was seen to be surprisingly narrow, with a mass gap above the
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Technically, the spontaneously broken chiral symmetry generators comprise the
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constitutes the original pre-quark idea of Gell-Mann and Ne'eman known as the
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may be viewed as the measure of the strength of the chiral symmetry breaking.
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can form, composed of bilinear operators involving the quantum fields of the
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chiral symmetry, but the Dirac mass of the electron breaks this to a single
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Gell-Mann, M.; Lévy, M. (1960). "The axial vector current in beta decay".
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gauge symmetry is preserved, which is essential for consistency of QED.)
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could be abnormally narrow (long-lived) since the principal decay mode,
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associated with massless fermions. This is usually associated with a
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which acts upon the up and down quarks). The unbroken subgroup of
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Experimentally, however, it is observed that the masses of the
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break the chiral symmetry as well. This can be described by a
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Beyond the idealization of massless quarks, the actual small
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meson would therefore have the same mass as a parity partner
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generally refers to the dynamical spontaneous breaking of a
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Wilczek, F. (1999). "Mass without mass I: Most of matter".
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driven by quantum loop effects of quarks and gluons, with
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symmetry is anomalous, broken by gluon effects known as
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masses only contribute a total of about 9.4 MeV
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The quark condensate is induced by non-perturbative
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(1994). 697:parity partners by a universal mass gap of about 2194:gave an approximate estimate of the mass gap of 2015:Mesons containing a heavy quark, such as charm ( 1431:the original symmetry of nuclear physics called 2393:{\displaystyle ~\mathrm {D_{s}} (0^{+},1^{+})~} 1387:{\displaystyle ~\mathrm {SU} (3)_{\mathsf {V}}} 3243:Gell-Mann, M.; Oakes, R.; Renner, B. (1968). 1527:is much heavier than the other light mesons. 1512:{\displaystyle \mathrm {U} (1)_{\mathsf {A}}} 8: 2973: 2904: 1530:Chiral symmetry breaking is apparent in the 1079: 1032: 3064:Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics 3031:Peskin, Michael; Schroeder, Daniel (1995). 2525:would be blocked, owing to the mass of the 582:. 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Nambu and G. Jona-Lasinio (1961), 1348:down to the diagonal vector subgroup 7: 2697:{\displaystyle D_{s1^{+}}^{*}(2460)} 2611:{\displaystyle \;\mathrm {D_{s}} \;} 994:{\displaystyle \mathrm {SU} (3)_{c}} 1210:{\displaystyle SU(3)_{\mathsf {R}}} 1169:{\displaystyle SU(3)_{\mathsf {L}}} 136:{\displaystyle G_{L}\times G_{R}{}} 2626: 2601: 2597: 2552: 2546: 2474: 2468: 2464: 2455: 2416: 2412: 2352: 2348: 2287: 2242: 2204: 2174: 1970: 1967: 1941: 1938: 1884: 1881: 1850: 1847: 1821: 1818: 1732: 1729: 1703: 1700: 1631:. Hence, the light up quark, with 1487: 1452: 1449: 1408: 1405: 1362: 1359: 1313: 1310: 1284: 1281: 971: 968: 937: 934: 888: 862: 836: 833: 807: 804: 753: 747: 707: 61:. 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For example, the 1483: 1442: 1398: 1352: 1274: 1221: 1180: 1139: 1133:≈ −(250 MeV)³ . 1117: 1029: 964: 930: 800: 741: 701: 655: 609: 563:SU(3) flavor group. 494: 436: 409: 378: 333: 303: 276: 261:{\displaystyle U(1)} 243: 227:{\displaystyle U(1)} 209: 151: 105: 47:quantum field theory 3489:1960NCim...16..560B 3428:1960NCim...16..705G 3385:2003PhRvD..68e4024B 3317:1994PhRvD..49..409B 3264:1968PhRv..175.2195G 3189:1960NCim...16..705G 3140:2006PhRvD..73k4510P 3095:1999PhT....52k..11W 2897: 2880: 2684: 2562: 2028:Christopher T. Hill 1928:pseudoscalar mesons 1525:corresponding meson 1268:strong interactions 1251:pion decay constant 1078: 1060: 763: 432:scalars mesons and 21:Chirality (physics) 3497:10.1007/BF02731920 3436:10.1007/BF02859738 3357:; Eichten, Estia; 3197:10.1007/BF02859738 2982: 2881: 2864: 2774: 2721: 2694: 2660: 2643: 2608: 2573: 2544: 2515: 2390: 2326: 2224: 2180: 2157: 2111: 2070: 2024:William A. Bardeen 2011:Heavy-light mesons 1998: 1912: 1760: 1509: 1465: 1421: 1384: 1338: 1239: 1207: 1166: 1123: 1102: 1062: 1035: 1023:fermion condensate 991: 950: 916: 774: 745: 727: 687: 641: 548: 449: 422: 391: 346: 316: 289: 258: 224: 195: 133: 51:strong interaction 3118:Physical Review D 2978: 2964: 2917: 2863: 2839:conformal anomaly 2794:Conformal anomaly 2641: 2511: 2409: 2389: 2345: 2322: 2223: 2219: 2203: 1994: 1908: 1813: 1756: 1540:conformal anomaly 1447: 1403: 1357: 1337: 1279: 1126:{\displaystyle v} 1045: 1011:vacuum condensate 912: 726: 722: 706: 576:chiral Lagrangian 67:superconductivity 3544: 3508: 3476:Il Nuovo Cimento 3467: 3465: 3459:. Archived from 3454: 3447: 3415:Il Nuovo Cimento 3405: 3404: 3378: 3351: 3345: 3344: 3310: 3283: 3277: 3275: 3249: 3240: 3234: 3233: 3215: 3209: 3208: 3176:Il Nuovo Cimento 3167: 3161: 3159: 3133: 3113: 3107: 3106: 3103:10.1063/1.882879 3077: 3059: 3053: 3052: 3028: 3019: 3008: 2992: 2991: 2989: 2988: 2983: 2976: 2969: 2962: 2948: 2947: 2931: 2930: 2915: 2914: 2896: 2891: 2890: 2879: 2874: 2873: 2861: 2852:Dashen's formula 2848: 2842: 2835: 2829: 2820: 2783: 2781: 2780: 2775: 2730: 2728: 2727: 2722: 2720: 2719: 2703: 2701: 2700: 2695: 2683: 2678: 2677: 2676: 2652: 2650: 2649: 2644: 2642: 2639: 2617: 2615: 2614: 2609: 2606: 2605: 2604: 2582: 2580: 2579: 2574: 2561: 2556: 2555: 2549: 2532: 2524: 2522: 2521: 2516: 2509: 2505: 2504: 2492: 2491: 2479: 2478: 2477: 2458: 2447: 2446: 2434: 2433: 2421: 2420: 2419: 2407: 2399: 2397: 2396: 2391: 2387: 2383: 2382: 2370: 2369: 2357: 2356: 2355: 2343: 2335: 2333: 2332: 2327: 2320: 2316: 2315: 2303: 2302: 2290: 2282: 2271: 2270: 2258: 2257: 2245: 2233: 2231: 2230: 2225: 2221: 2220: 2217: 2201: 2189: 2187: 2186: 2181: 2166: 2164: 2163: 2158: 2153: 2152: 2140: 2139: 2120: 2118: 2117: 2112: 2110: 2109: 2079: 2077: 2076: 2071: 2066: 2065: 2053: 2052: 2007: 2005: 2004: 1999: 1992: 1991: 1990: 1989: 1973: 1962: 1961: 1960: 1944: 1921: 1919: 1918: 1913: 1906: 1905: 1904: 1903: 1887: 1879: 1871: 1870: 1869: 1853: 1842: 1841: 1840: 1824: 1811: 1769: 1767: 1766: 1761: 1754: 1753: 1752: 1751: 1735: 1724: 1723: 1722: 1706: 1672: 1667: 1658: 1657:≈ 4.8 MeV , 1653: 1644: 1643:≈ 2.3 MeV , 1639: 1623: 1615: 1610: 1597: 1596:≈ 2.3 MeV , 1592: 1579: 1570: 1518: 1516: 1515: 1510: 1508: 1507: 1506: 1490: 1474: 1472: 1471: 1466: 1455: 1445: 1430: 1428: 1427: 1422: 1411: 1401: 1393: 1391: 1390: 1385: 1383: 1382: 1381: 1365: 1355: 1347: 1345: 1344: 1339: 1335: 1334: 1333: 1332: 1316: 1305: 1304: 1303: 1287: 1277: 1262: 1260: 1248: 1246: 1245: 1240: 1216: 1214: 1213: 1208: 1206: 1205: 1204: 1175: 1173: 1172: 1167: 1165: 1164: 1163: 1134: 1132: 1130: 1129: 1124: 1111: 1109: 1108: 1103: 1101: 1100: 1077: 1072: 1071: 1059: 1054: 1053: 1047: 1046: 1038: 1000: 998: 997: 992: 990: 989: 974: 959: 957: 956: 951: 940: 926:Note that these 925: 923: 922: 917: 910: 909: 908: 907: 891: 883: 882: 881: 865: 857: 856: 855: 839: 828: 827: 826: 810: 783: 781: 780: 775: 762: 757: 756: 750: 736: 734: 733: 728: 724: 723: 720: 704: 696: 694: 693: 688: 683: 682: 670: 669: 650: 648: 647: 642: 637: 636: 624: 623: 557: 555: 554: 549: 547: 546: 545: 520: 519: 518: 477: 473: 469: 458: 456: 455: 450: 448: 447: 431: 429: 428: 423: 421: 420: 400: 398: 397: 392: 390: 389: 355: 353: 352: 347: 345: 344: 325: 323: 322: 317: 315: 314: 298: 296: 295: 290: 288: 287: 267: 265: 264: 259: 233: 231: 230: 225: 204: 202: 201: 196: 194: 193: 172: 171: 142: 140: 139: 134: 132: 130: 129: 117: 116: 27:particle physics 3552: 3551: 3547: 3546: 3545: 3543: 3542: 3541: 3512: 3511: 3472: 3463: 3452: 3448: 3411: 3408: 3353: 3352: 3348: 3285: 3284: 3280: 3252:Physical Review 3247: 3242: 3241: 3237: 3230: 3217: 3216: 3212: 3169: 3168: 3164: 3131:hep-lat/0603001 3115: 3114: 3110: 3080: 3079: 3074: 3061: 3060: 3056: 3049: 3030: 3029: 3022: 3009: 3005: 3001: 2996: 2995: 2939: 2922: 2856: 2855: 2849: 2845: 2836: 2832: 2826:Current algebra 2821: 2817: 2812: 2790: 2733: 2732: 2711: 2706: 2705: 2668: 2655: 2654: 2620: 2619: 2596: 2589: 2588: 2538: 2537: 2530: 2496: 2483: 2463: 2438: 2425: 2411: 2402: 2401: 2374: 2361: 2347: 2338: 2337: 2307: 2294: 2262: 2249: 2236: 2235: 2196: 2195: 2169: 2168: 2144: 2131: 2123: 2122: 2087: 2082: 2081: 2057: 2044: 2036: 2035: 2013: 1980: 1951: 1932: 1931: 1894: 1860: 1831: 1806: 1805: 1742: 1713: 1694: 1693: 1689: 1683: 1670: 1665: 1664: 1656: 1651: 1650: 1642: 1637: 1636: 1621: 1613: 1608: 1607: 1595: 1590: 1589: 1573: 1568: 1567: 1532:mass generation 1497: 1481: 1480: 1477:"Eightfold Way" 1440: 1439: 1396: 1395: 1372: 1350: 1349: 1323: 1294: 1272: 1271: 1261:≈ 93 MeV , 1259: 1255: 1254: 1249:rotations. The 1219: 1218: 1195: 1178: 1177: 1154: 1137: 1136: 1115: 1114: 1113: 1089: 1027: 1026: 981: 962: 961: 928: 927: 898: 872: 846: 817: 798: 797: 790: 739: 738: 699: 698: 674: 661: 653: 652: 628: 615: 607: 606: 536: 509: 492: 491: 475: 471: 467: 439: 434: 433: 412: 407: 406: 381: 376: 375: 336: 331: 330: 306: 301: 300: 279: 274: 273: 241: 240: 207: 206: 185: 163: 149: 148: 121: 108: 103: 102: 98: 90:Main articles: 88: 83: 35:chiral symmetry 23: 17: 12: 11: 5: 3550: 3548: 3540: 3539: 3534: 3529: 3524: 3514: 3513: 3510: 3509: 3483:(3): 560–568. 3469: 3468: 3466:on 2016-03-06. 3422:(4): 705–726. 3407: 3406: 3376:hep-ph/0305049 3346: 3308:hep-ph/9304265 3301:(1): 409–425. 3278: 3235: 3228: 3210: 3183:(4): 705–726. 3162: 3124:(11): 114510. 3108: 3073:978-0198519614 3072: 3066:. 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Index

Chirality (physics)
particle physics
chiral symmetry
gauge theory
quantum chromodynamics
quantum field theory
strong interaction
electroweak interactions
standard model
magnetization
superconductivity
Yoichiro Nambu
Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model
Quantum chromodynamics
QCD vacuum
chiral anomaly
pseudoscalar
mesons
pion
states
vector mesons
rho meson
spontaneous symmetry breaking
charm quark
bottom quark
top quark
flavor
quark
chiral perturbation theory
lattice QCD

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