Baryon axial vector current in large-Nc chiral perturbation theory: Complete analysis for Nc=3

The baryon axial vector current is computed in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory in the large-N-c limit, where N-c is the number of color charges. One-loop nonanalytic corrections of the order m(q) ln m(q) are comprised in the analysis, with contributions of both intermediate octet and decuplet baryon states, to all orders in the 1/N-c expansion of the axial vector current relevant for N-c = 3. Theoretical expressions are obtained in the limit of vanishing decuplet-octet mass difference only, which allows one to carry out a full comparison with conventional heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory results for three flavors of light quarks and at the physical value N-c = 3. Both approaches perfectly agree to all orders considered. Furthermore, a numerical analysis via a least-squares fit is performed in order to extract the values of the free parameters of the theory, using the experimental data available. The predictions of formalism are in good agreement with the experimental data.

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This study computes the baryon axial vector current in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory in the large-Nc limit, including one-loop nonanalytic corrections and contributions from both intermediate octet and decuplet baryon states. The theoretical expressions are obtained under the condition of vanishing decuplet-octet mass difference, allowing a full comparison with conventional results for three flavors of light quarks. The predictions of the formalism agree well with experimental data, as confirmed through a numerical analysis and extraction of free parameters.