Relativistic chiral representation of the $\pi N$ scattering amplitude II: The pion-nucleon sigma term

Abstract

We present a determination of the pion-nucleon sigma-term based on a novel analysis of the $\pi N$ scattering amplitude in Lorentz covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory renormalized in the extended-on-mass-shell scheme. This amplitude, valid up-to next-to-next-leading order in the chiral expansion, systematically includes the effects of the $\Delta (1232)$, giving a reliable description of the phase shifts of different partial wave analyses up to energies just below the resonance region. We obtain predictions on some observables that are within experimental bounds and phenomenological expectations. In particular, we use the center-of-mass energy dependence of the amplitude adjusted with the data above threshold to extract accurately the value of ${\sigma }_{\pi N}$. Our study indicates that the inclusion of modern meson-factory and pionic-atom data favors relatively large values of the sigma term. We report the value ${\sigma }_{\pi N}=59(7)$ MeV.

PROCEEDINGS to the 33rd International School of Nuclear Physics "From Quarks and Gluons to Hadrons and Nuclei"-7 pag, 1 fig, 2 tables

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