Charge-Symmetry Breaking, Rho-Omega Mixing and the Quark Propagator

Abstract

The momentum-dependence of the $\rho^0$-$\omega$ mixing contribution to charge-symmetry breaking (CSB) in the nucleon-nucleon interaction is compared in a variety of models. We focus in particular on the role that the structure of the quark propagator plays in the predicted behaviour of the $\rho^0$-$\omega$ mixing amplitude. We present new results for a confining (entire) quark propagator and for typical propagators arising from explicit numerical solutions of quark Dyson-Schwinger equations. We compare these to hadronic and free quark calculations. The implications for our current understanding of CSB experiments is discussed.