Generalizing the relativistic quantization condition to include all three-pion isospin channels
Maxwell T. Hansen, Fernando Romero-López, Stephen R. Sharpe
Abstract
A bstract We present a generalization of the relativistic, finite-volume, three-particle quantization condition for non-identical pions in isosymmetric QCD. The resulting formalism allows one to use discrete finite-volume energies, determined using lattice QCD, to constrain scattering amplitudes for all possible values of two- and three-pion isospin. As for the case of identical pions considered previously, the result splits into two steps: the first defines a non-perturbative function with roots equal to the allowed energies, E n ( L ), in a given cubic volume with side-length L . This function depends on an intermediate three-body quantity, denoted $$ {\mathcal{K}}_{\mathrm{df},3,} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>df</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> which can thus be constrained from lattice QCD in- put. The second step is a set of integral equations relating $$ {\mathcal{K}}_{\mathrm{df},3} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>df</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> to the physical scattering amplitude, ℳ 3 . Both of the key relations, E n ( L ) ↔ $$ {\mathcal{K}}_{\mathrm{df},3} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>df</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> and $$ {\mathcal{K}}_{\mathrm{df},3}\leftrightarrow {\mathrm{\mathcal{M}}}_3, $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>df</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>↔</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>ℳ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:math> are shown to be block-diagonal in the basis of definite three-pion isospin, I πππ , so that one in fact recovers four independent relations, corresponding to I πππ = 0 , 1 , 2 , 3. We also provide the generalized threshold expansion of $$ {\mathcal{K}}_{\mathrm{df},3} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>df</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:math> for all channels, as well as parameterizations for all three-pion resonances present for I πππ = 0 and I πππ = 1. As an example of the utility of the generalized formalism, we present a toy implementation of the quantization condition for I πππ = 0, focusing on the quantum numbers of the ω and h 1 resonances.