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The Nolen-Schiffer anomaly and isospin symmetry breaking in nuclear matter

K. Saito, A. W. Thomas

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9405009

Abstract

The quark-meson coupling model which we have developed previously is extended to incorporate the δ meson. It is then used to study the Nolen-Schiffer anomaly and isospin symmetry breaking in nuclear matter. We find that, in combination with the u-d\/ mass difference, the difference between quark scalar densities in protons and neutrons generates an effective neutron-proton mass difference of the right magnitude. Finally we find that isospin symmetry breaking in the quark condensates can be directly related to the δ meson field.

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