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Imaging the charge distributions of flavor-symmetric and -asymmetric mesons

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We investigate the internal structure of a comprehensive set of pseudoscalar and vector mesons, including both flavor-symmetric and flavor-asymmetric systems, by reconstructing their charge distributions from electromagnetic form factors. To achieve this, we employ a Maximum Entropy Method optimized for charge distributions, utilizing previously published form factor data obtained within the Dyson-Schwingers and Bethe-Salpeter equations framework. Furthermore, we calculate the average distance between the valence quark and antiquark that constitute the meson, interpreting it as an estimate for both the meson's spatial size and the typical range of quark motion. Our results reveal that this distance for the lightest quarkonia is approximately five times larger than that for the heaviest. Moreover, due to spin effects, vector mesons exhibit sizes that are 5-15\% larger than their pseudoscalar counterparts.

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Electromagnetic properties of heavy-light mesons

hep-ph · 2025-08-28 · conditional · novelty 5.0

A Bethe-Salpeter calculation with a flavour-dependent effective interaction reproduces pion and kaon form factors and predicts heavy-light meson charge radii.

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  • Electromagnetic properties of heavy-light mesons hep-ph · 2025-08-28 · conditional · none · ref 24 · internal anchor

    A Bethe-Salpeter calculation with a flavour-dependent effective interaction reproduces pion and kaon form factors and predicts heavy-light meson charge radii.