Kaon-Soliton Bound State Approach to the Pentaquark States

Abstract

We show that in hidden local symmetry theory with the vector manifestation (VM), a K^+ can be bound to skyrmion to give the Theta^+ pentaquark with spin 1/2 and even parity which is consistent with large N_c counting. The vector meson K^* subject to the VM in the chiral limit plays an essential role in inducing the binding.

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