Estimation of the Properties of Quarks. II. Scalar Quark?Quark Interaction

Abstract

Describing the hadrons by a relativistic independent quark model, using the Dirac equation with a scalar potential for the effective interaction, the range of the quark-quark interaction is found to lie between O· 3 and 0·4 fm. The hadronic spectrum is shown to be independent of the quark mass and the form of the quark-quark interaction.