Quark–meson coupling model with the cloudy bag.pdf

Physics Letters B 666 (2008) 239–244 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Physics Letters B /locate/physletb Quark–meson coupling model with the cloudy bag S. Nagai a , T. Miyatsu a , K. Saito a,∗, K. Tsushima b a Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan b Excited Baryon Analysis Center (EBAC), Theory Group, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, 12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Using the volume coupling version of the cloudy bag model, the quark–meson coupling model is Received 7 April 2008 extended to study the role of pion field and the properties of nuclear matter. The extended model Accepted 14 July 2008 includes the effect of gluon exchange as well as the pion-cloud effect, and provides a good description Available online 22 July 2008 of the nuclear matter properties. The relationship between the extended model and the EFT approach to Editor: W. Haxton nuclear matter is also discussed. PACS: © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 12.39.Ba 21.65.-f 12.39.Ki Keywords: Quark–meson coupling model Nuclear matter