Linear confinement in momentum space: singularity-free bound-state equations
arXiv:1408.1834 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.096003
Abstract
Relativistic equations of Bethe-Salpeter type for hadron structure are most conveniently formulated in momentum space. The presence of confining interactions causes complications because the corresponding kernels are singular. This occurs not only in the relativistic case but also in the nonrelativistic Schrödinger equation where this problem can be studied more easily. For the linear confining interaction the singularity reduces to one of Cauchy principal value form. Although this singularity is integrable, it still makes accurate numerical solutions difficult. We show that this principal value singularity can be eliminated by means of a subtraction method. The resulting equation is much easier to solve and yields accurate and stable solutions. To test the method's numerical efficiency, we performed a three-parameter least-squares fit of a simple linear-plus-Coulomb potential to the bottomonium spectrum.
14 pages, 4 figures. v2: typos corrected, essentially matches version published in Phys. Rev. D
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