Meson vacuum phenomenology in a three-flavor linear sigma model with (axial-)vector mesons: investigation of the U(1)_A anomaly term

Abstract

Zero temperature properties of an (axial-) vector meson extended linear sigma model are discussed, concerning on the possible different realizations of the axial anomaly term. The different anomaly terms are compared with each other on the basis of a chi^2 minimalization process. It is found that there is no essential difference among the different realizations. This means that any of them can be equally used from phenomenological point of view.