Kaon-baryon coupling constants in the QCD sum rule approach

Abstract

We improve our previous QCD sum rule calculation on G(KN\Lambda) and G(KN\Sigma) coupling constants by including the contributions from higher dimensional condensates, <\bar{q} g_s \sigma \cdot G q> and <\bar{q}q> <(\alpha_s /\pi) G^2>, in the OPE. It is found that the contribution of these condensates is non-negligible compared to that of the quark condensates. Using a best-fit analysis we find |G(KN\Lambda)| = 2.49 $\pm$ 1.25 and |G(KN\Sigma)| = 0.395 $\pm$ 0.377.