Masses of spin-1 mesons and dynamical chiral symmetry breaking

Abstract

In terms of an effective chiral theory of mesons it is shown quantitatively that in the limit of $m_q=0$, the masses of $\rho$, $\omega$, $K^{\ast }(892)$, $m_{\varphi }$, $a_1$, $f_1(1286)$, $K_1(1400)$, and $f_1(1510)$ mesons originate from dynamical chiral symmetry breaking.

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