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arxiv: 1002.0977 · v1 · pith:PNSLTQJQnew · submitted 2010-02-04 · ✦ hep-lat · hep-th· nucl-th

Application of the operator product expansion to the short distance behavior of nuclear potentials

classification ✦ hep-lat hep-thnucl-th
keywords distanceshortbehaviorpotentialpotentialsanomalousfoundrepulsive
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We investigate the short distance behavior of nucleon-nucleon (NN) potentials defined through Bethe-Salpeter wave functions, by perturbatively calculating anomalous dimensions of 6-quark operators in QCD. Thanks to the asymptotic freedom of QCD, 1-loop computations give certain exact results for the potentials in the zero distance limit. In particular the functional form of the S-state central NN potential at short distance $r$ is predicted to be a little weaker than $r^{-2}$. On the other hand, due to the intriguing character of the anomalous dimension spectrum, perturbative considerations alone can not determine whether this potential is repulsive or attractive at short distances. A crude estimation suggests that the force at short distance is repulsive, as found numerically in lattice QCD. A similar behavior is found for the tensor potential.

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