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    Lattice Calculation of Baryon Masses using Clover Fermion Action

    We present a calculation of the lowest-lying baryon masses in the quenched approximation to QCD. The calculations are performed using a non-perturbatively improved clover fermion action, and a splitting found between the masses of the nucleon and its parity partner. An analysis of the mass of the first radial excitation of the nucleon finds a value considerably larger than that of the parity partner of the nucleon, and thus little evidence for the Roper resonance as a simple three-quark state.

    Authors: D.G. Richards, M. Gockeler, P. E.L. Rakow, D. Pleiter, G. Schierholz, R. Horsley, C.M. Maynard



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