Visualizations of Quantum Chromodynamics
Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter (CSSM),
Department of Physics,
University of Adelaide, 5005 Australia
Copyright © 2003 − 2014
- This page supports our manuscript entitled
Lattice QCD Evidence that the Λ(1405) Resonance is an Antikaon-Nucleon Molecule
published
in Physical
Review Letters as an Editors' Suggestion Featured in Physics.
- An artist's rendition of the structure of the Lambda 1405
baryon resonance. The energy density of a typical gluon field
fluctuation found in the QCD vacuum is illustrated. Its lumpy
structure, representative of the underlying instanton-like field
configurations, attract the quarks of the Lambda 1405. Here the
up, down and strange (u, d and s) valence
quarks of the Lambda 1405 are complemented by an up−anti-up
(u − u-bar) quark pair. A flux tube between the
s and anti-u quarks indicates the formation of
a K − meson while the remaining quarks
(u, u, d ) are bound to a proton with the
Y-shape flux tube. Together, these form the molecular bound state
of the Lambda 1405. An electron (solid line) scatters off the
strange quark through the exchange of a photon (wavy line),
providing information on the strange magnetic form factor of the
Lambda 1405.
- A high quality image is also available:
- Additional visualizations of Quantun Chromodynamics (QCD)
including those featured in Prof Frank Wilczek's 2004 Nobel Prize
acceptance speech are available on
the Visualizations of Quantum
Chromodynamics page.
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Derek Leinweber.
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