Relativistic three-quark bound states in separable two-quark approximation. M. Oettel, L. van Smekal, R. Alkofer.

PROGRAM SUMMARY
Title of program: BSE
Catalogue identifier: ADPT
Ref. in CPC: 144(2002)63
Distribution format: gzip file
Operating system: True-Unixv5.0, SuSe Linux 7.1
High speed store required: 10MK words
Number of bits in a word: 32
Peripherals Required: disc
Number of lines in distributed program, including test data, etc: 943
Keywords: Linear integral equations, Bethe-Salpeter equation, Nucleon model, Diquarks, Elementary particle physics, Phenomenological model.
Programming language used: Fortran
Computer: Workstation DEC Aplha , LINUX PCs (AMD K7) .

Nature of physical problem:
Diquarks are introduced as separable correlations in the two-quark Green's function to facilitate the description of baryons as relativistic three-quark bound states. These states then emerge as solutions of Bethe-Salpeter equations for quarks and diquarks that interact via quark exchange.

Method of solution:
Chebyshev polynomials are used for an expansion of the Bethe-Salpeter vertex and wave functions and an (approximative) representation of the interaction kernel and propagators. The resulting set of coupled one-dimensional integral equations for the corresponding moments of vertex and wave function is converted to a matrix equation by employing Gaussian quadrature grid points. This equation is then solved iteratively for a certain test mass of the bound state. A bisection method in the bound state mass variable is used to determine the correct mass corresponding to the chosen quark and diquark parameters.

Restrictions:
The separable quark-quark correlations are restricted to the leading covariants in the scalar and axialvector (i.e. positive parity) channels.

Typical running time:
Depending on the parameters and the desired accuracy between one and ten minutes on 1.2 GHz AMD K7.

Additional comments:
Programming issue The program has been tested with the following compilers: DEC-f90v5.3, Lahey-Fujitsu-f95-LINUX-Expressv5.5, NagWare-f95.