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The contribution of axial-vector mesons to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment through a light-by-light process is considered within a nonlocal quark model. The model is based on a four-quark interaction with scalar--pseudoscalar and vector--axial-vector sectors. While the transverse component of the axial-vector corresponds to a spin-1 particle, the unphysical longitudinal component is mixed with a pseudoscalar meson. The model parameters are re-fitted to the pion properties in the presence of pi-a_1 mixing. The obtained estimation for the light-by-light contribution of a_1+f_1 mesons is (3.6+-1.8)*10^{-11}., Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures, final version accepted for publication in Physical Review D

The behaviour of pseudoscalar mesons within the SU(3)PNJL-like models is considered for finite T and $\mu_B$. We compare the pole approximation (Breit-Wigner) with the Beth-Uhlenbeck approach. We evaluate the $K/\pi$ ratios along the phase transition line in the T-$\mu_B$ plane with constant and $T/\mu_B$-dependent pion and strange quark chemical potentials. Using the model, we can show that the splitting of kaon and anti-kaon masses appears as a result of introduction of density and this explains the difference in the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio and $K^-/\pi^-$ ratio at low $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ and their tendency to the same value at high $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$. A sharp "horn" effect in the $K^+/\pi^+$ ratio is explained by the enhanced pion production which can be described by occurrence of a nonequilibrium pion chemical potential of the order of the pion mass. We elucidate that the horn effect is not related to the existence of a critical endpoint in the QCD phase diagram., Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2009.03284

The hadronic corrections to the muon anomalous magnetic moment, due to the full gauge-invariant set of diagrams with dynamical quark loop and intermediate pseudoscalar and scalar states light-by-light scattering insertions, are calculated in the framework of the nonlocal chiral quark model. These diagrams correspond to all hadronic light-by-light scattering contributions to $a_{\mu}$ in the leading order of the $1/N_{c}$ expansion in quark model. The result for the quark loop contribution is $a_{\mu}^{\mathrm{HLbL,Loop}}=\left( 11.0\pm0.9\right) \cdot10^{-10}$, and the total result is $a_{\mu}^{\mathrm{HLbL,N\chi QM}}=\left(16.8\pm1.2\right) \cdot 10^{-10}$., Comment: Proceedings of the PhiPsi15, Sep. 23-26, 2015, Hefei, China

The current status of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) problem is briefly presented. The corrections to the muon AMM coming from the effects of hadronic light-by-light (LbL) scattering due to light quark-antiquark exchange in pseudoscalar and scalar channels are estimated within the nonlocal chiral quark model (N$\chi$QM). Within this approach the full kinematic dependence on the photon and meson virtualities are taken into account. As a result, the meson exchange contributions to the muon AMM calculated within N$\chi$QM are, in general, smaller than the contributions obtained within other models. The contribution from the scalar channel is positive and small, but stabilizes the combined with pseudoscalar channel result with respect to variation of the model parameters., Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. Talk at Light Cone 2012 Conference, 8-13 July 2012, Cracow, Poland

The current status of the muon anomalous magnetic moment (AMM) problem is briefly presented. The corrections to the muon AMM coming from the effects of hadronic light-by-light (LbL) scattering due to light quark-antiquark exchange in pseudoscalar and scalar channels are estimated within the nonlocal chiral quark model (N$��$QM). Within this approach the full kinematic dependence on the photon and meson virtualities are taken into account. As a result, the meson exchange contributions to the muon AMM calculated within N$��$QM are, in general, smaller than the contributions obtained within other models. The contribution from the scalar channel is positive and small, but stabilizes the combined with pseudoscalar channel result with respect to variation of the model parameters., 6 pages, 3 figures. Talk at Light Cone 2012 Conference, 8-13 July 2012, Cracow, Poland

A nonlocal chiral quark model is consistently extended beyond mean field using a strict 1/Nc expansion scheme. The parameters of the nonlocal model are refitted so that the physical values of the pion mass and the weak pion decay constant are obtained. The size of the 1/Nc correction to the quark condensate is carefully studied and compared with the usual local Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. It is found that even the sign of the corrections can be different. This can be attributed to the mesonic cut-off of the local model. The model is also applied to finite temperature. We find that the 1/Nc corrections dominate the melting of the chiral condensate at low temperatures, T, 16 pages, 19 figures; v3: discussion of the T0 dependence and comparison with lattice data added; version accepted by Phys. Rev. D

The branching ratios and photon spectra of the rare processes rho(omega)-> pi^0 pi^0 gamma, rho(omega) -> eta pi^0 gamma are calculated in the framework of the standard local quark Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. Three types of diagrams are considered: the quark box and the pole diagrams with scalar (sigma,a_0(980)) and vector (rho,omega) mesons. The obtained estimations for the widths of the processes rho(omega)-> pi^0 pi^0 gamma are in satisfactory agreement with existing experimental data. Predictions are made for the widths of the processes rho(omega) -> eta pi^0 gamma., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures

Theoretical understanding of experimental results from relativistic heavy-ion collisions requires a microscopic approach to the behavior of QCD n-point functions at finite temperatures, as given by the hierarchy of Dyson-Schwinger equations, properly generalized within the Matsubara formalism. The technical complexity of related finite-temperature calculations however mandates modeling. We present a model where the QCD interaction in the infrared, nonperturbative domain, is modeled by a separable form. Results for the mass spectrum of light quark flavors at finite temperature are presented., 9 pages, 4 figures, abbreviated version of hep-ph/0703115, published in proceedings of "Progress in Quark Models", Bled, Slovenia, July 10-17, 2006, editors B. Golli, M. Rosina and S. Sirca, available at www-f1.ijs.si/Bled2006/book.pdf

We study the temperature dependence of the pseudoscalar meson properties in a relativistic bound-state approach exhibiting the chiral behavior mandated by QCD. Concretely, we adopt the Dyson-Schwinger approach with a rank-2 separable model interaction. After extending the model to the strange sector and fixing its parameters at zero temperature, T=0, we study the T-dependence of the masses and decay constants of all ground-state mesons in the pseudoscalar nonet. Of chief interest are $��$ and $��^\prime$. The influence of the QCD axial anomaly on them is successfully obtained through the Witten-Veneziano relation at T=0. The same approach is then extended to T>0, using lattice QCD results for the topological susceptibility. The most conspicuous finding is an increase of the $��^\prime$ mass around the chiral restoration temperature $T_{\rm Ch}$, which would suggest a suppression of $��^\prime$ production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The increase of the $��^\prime$ mass may also indicate that the extension of the Witten-Veneziano relation to finite temperatures becomes unreliable around and above $T_{\rm Ch}$. Possibilities of an improved treatment are discussed., 13 pages, 15 figures

The branching ratios and photon spectra of the rare processes rho(omega)-> pi^0 pi^0 gamma, rho(omega) -> eta pi^0 gamma are calculated in the framework of the standard local quark Nambu--Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model. Three types of diagrams are considered: the quark box and the pole diagrams with scalar (sigma,a_0(980)) and vector (rho,omega) mesons. The obtained estimations for the widths of the processes rho(omega)-> pi^0 pi^0 gamma are in satisfactory agreement with existing experimental data. Predictions are made for the widths of the processes rho(omega) -> eta pi^0 gamma., 6 pages, 5 figures

We study the temperature dependence of the pseudoscalar meson properties in a relativistic bound-state approach exhibiting the chiral behavior mandated by QCD. Concretely, we adopt the Dyson-Schwinger approach with a rank-2 separable model interaction. After extending the model to the strange sector and fixing its parameters at zero temperature, T=0, we study the T-dependence of the masses and decay constants of all ground-state mesons in the pseudoscalar nonet. Of chief interest are η and η'. The influence of the QCD axial anomaly on them is successfully obtained through the Witten-Veneziano relation at T=0. The same approach is then extended to T>0, using lattice QCD results for the topological susceptibility. The most conspicuous finding is an increase of the η' mass around the chiral restoration temperature T_Ch, which would suggest a suppression of η' production in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The increase of the η' mass may also indicate that the extension of the Witten-Veneziano relation to finite temperatures becomes unreliable around and above T_Ch. Possibilities of an improved treatment are discussed.

The decay width of the process eta -> pi^0 gamma gamma is calculated in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The momentum dependence of quark loops is taken into account. Three types of diagrams are considered: quark box, scalar(a0) and vector(rho, omega) pole diagrams. The obtained estimations are in satisfactory agreement with recent experimental data., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures

We consider a nonlocal version of the Nambu and Jona-Lasinio model. The nonlocality is contained in the quark-antiquark bilinears of the four-quark vertices as a form factor of the Gaussian type. The model has three parameters which can be fixed in favour of the values of the pion mass, the pion decay constant f_pi, and the current quark mass. The pi pi scattering amplitude is obtained by calculating the quark box and the sigma-pole diagrams, where sigma is the scalar isoscalar meson. It is shown that this amplitude satisfies the well-known Weinberg relation. We obtain the s, p, d wave scattering lengths in all isotopic channels and the s wave slope parameters. The results are in satisfactory agreement with both phenomenological data and the basic requirements of low-energy theorems, thus supporting to the form factor used., 12 pages, 2 figures

The decay width of the process eta -> pi^0 gamma gamma is calculated in the framework of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The momentum dependence of quark loops is taken into account. Three types of diagrams are considered: quark box, scalar(a0) and vector(rho, omega) pole diagrams. The obtained estimations are in satisfactory agreement with recent experimental data., 9 pages, 4 figures

Two-photon decays of rho and omega mesons and strong decays rho -> eta pi and omega -> pi pi are described in the quark Nambu-Jona-Lasinio(NJL) model in dense medium. Decays of rho-meson are especially interesting because they contain intermediate a_0-meson which became a sharp resonance in the vicinity of phase transition of hadron matter into quark-gluon plasma. This leads to increasing rho decay width and, as a result, two-photon decay of rho-meson in medium became comparable with two-photon decays of scalar and pseudoscalar mesons in vacuum. Similar effect take place in the strong decay rho -> eta pi., Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures

Properties and temperature behavior of pi and sigma bound states are studied in the framework of the nonlocal model with a separable interaction kernel based on the quark Dyson-Schwinger and the meson Bethe-Salpeter equations. M_pi(T), f_pi(T), M_sigma(T) and Gamma_{sigma -> pi pi}(T) are considered above and below the deconfinement and chiral restoration transitions., 8 pages, 2 figures, Talk at the Round Table Discussion "Searching for the mixed phase of strongly interacting matter at the JINR Nuclotron", JINR, Dubna, July 7 - 9, 2005. Submitted to Phys.Part.Nucl.Lett

A short review of the development of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio (NJL) model is given. The SU(2)x SU(2) and U(3)x U(3) local quark NJL models are considered. The mechanisms of spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry and vector dominance are shown. The local NJL model allows us to describe the mass spectrum and main strong and electroweak decays of the four ground-state nonets of pseudoscalar, scalar, vector and axial-vector mesons. Applications of this model to the description of mesons in hot and dense medium are discussed. It is shown that for solving problems connected with the description of the meson radial excitations and quark confinement it is necessary to consider a nonlocal extension of the NJL model. The main attention is attracted to the description of the methods used in different versions of the NJL model. Physical results for low-energy hadron physics obtained in these models can be found in the cited works., Comment: 19 pages, 2 figures

Two-photon decays of rho and omega mesons and strong decays rho -> eta pi and omega -> pi pi are described in the quark Nambu-Jona-Lasinio(NJL) model in dense medium. Decays of rho-meson are especially interesting because they contain intermediate a_0-meson which became a sharp resonance in the vicinity of phase transition of hadron matter into quark-gluon plasma. This leads to increasing rho decay width and, as a result, two-photon decay of rho-meson in medium became comparable with two-photon decays of scalar and pseudoscalar mesons in vacuum. Similar effect take place in the strong decay rho -> eta pi., 10 pages, 7 figures

The polarizability of a charged pion is estimated in the framework of the nonlocal chiral quark model of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio type. Nonlocality is described by quark form factors of the Gaussian type. It is shown that the polarizability in this model is very sensitive to the form of nonlocality and choice of the model parameters., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures

The process gamma* gamma -> sigma is investigated in the framework of the SU(2)xSU(2) chiral NJL model. The form factor of the process is derived for arbitrary virtuality of gamma* in the Euclidean kinematic domain. The asymptotic behaviour of this form factor resembles the asymptotic behaviour of the gamma* gamma -> pi form factor., Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures; added references

An important role of the scalar isoscalar sigma-meson in the low-energy physics is discussed. The behavior of the sigma-meson in the hot and dense medium is studied. It is shown that in the vicinity of critical values of temperature(T) and chemical potential(m) the sigma-meson can become a sharp resonance. This effect can lead to a strong enhancement of the processes pi pi -> gamma gamma and pi pi-> pi pi near the two-pion threshold. Experimental observation of this phenomenon can be interpreted as a signal of approaching the domain where the chiral symmetry restoration and phase transition of the hadron matter into quark-gluon plasma take place., 16 pages, 8 figures; figures 6,7 replaced

The process gamma sup *gamma -> sigma is investigated in the framework of the SU(2) x SU(2) chiral Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The form factor of the process is derived for arbitrary virtuality of gamma sup * in the Euclidean kinematic domain. The asymptotic behaviour of this form factor resembles the asymptotic behaviour of the gamma sup *gamma -> pi form factor

The process gamma* gamma -> sigma is investigated in the framework of the SU(2)xSU(2) chiral NJL model. The form factor of the process is derived for arbitrary virtuality of gamma* in the Euclidean kinematic domain. The asymptotic behaviour of this form factor resembles the asymptotic behaviour of the gamma* gamma -> pi form factor., 11 pages, 2 figures; added references

We study the effect of unitary mixing of scalar and vector fields in general $\xi$ gauge. This effect takes place for non-conserved vector currents and $\xi$ gauge generates some additional problems with unphysical scalar field. We obtained solutions of Dyson-Schwinger equations and perfomed the renormalization of full propagators. The key feature of renormalization is the usage of Ward identity, which relates some different Green functions. We found that using Ward identity leads to disappearing of $\xi$-dependence in renormalized matrix element., Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX2e, 10 figures included

We study the effect of unitary mixing of scalar and vector fields in general $��$ gauge. This effect takes place for non-conserved vector currents and $��$ gauge generates some additional problems with unphysical scalar field. We obtained solutions of Dyson-Schwinger equations and perfomed the renormalization of full propagators. The key feature of renormalization is the usage of Ward identity, which relates some different Green functions. We found that using Ward identity leads to disappearing of $��$-dependence in renormalized matrix element., 15 pages, LaTeX2e, 10 figures included

Theoretical understanding of experimental results from relativistic heavy-ion collisions requires a microscopic approach to the behavior of QCD n-point functions at finite temperatures, as given by the hierarchy of Dyson-Schwinger equations, properly generalized within the Matsubara formalism. The technical complexity of related finitetemperature calculations however mandates modeling. We present a model where the QCD interaction in the infrared, nonperturbative domain, is modeled by a separable form. Results for the mass spectrum of light quark flavors at finite temperature are presented.