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Relativistic Symmetry Suppresses Quark Spin-Orbit Splitting

Philip R. Page, Terry Goldman, Joseph. N. Ginocchio

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0002094

Abstract

Experimental data indicate small spin-orbit splittings in hadrons. For heavy-light mesons we identify a relativistic symmetry that suppresses these splittings. We suggest an experimental test in electron-positron annihilation. Furthermore, we argue that the dynamics necessary for this symmetry are possible in QCD.

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