Relativistic covariance of quasipotential equations

Abstract

We argue that most of the relativistic 3-D (quasipotential) equations used in hadron physics are inconsistent with the discrete symmetries like charge conjugation and CPT, yielding an incorrect Lorentz structure for the calculated Green's functions. An exception to this is the equal time approximation to the Bethe-Salpeter equation. We present a covariant quasipotential model for the pion-nucleon interaction based on hadronic degrees of freedom and satisfying the full covariance.

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