Pion-nucleon scattering to O(p3) in heavy baryon SU(3) chiral perturbation theory

Abstract

We calculate the complete $T$-matrices of pion-nucleon ($\pi N$) scattering to the third order in heavy baryon SU(3) chiral perturbation theory. The baryon mass in the chiral limit $M_0$ and the low-energy constants are determined by fitting to phase shifts of $\pi N$ and the experimental octet-baryon masses simultaneously. By using these constants, we obtain the pion-nucleon sigma terms, $\sigma_{\pi N}=(34.57\pm 11.85)$ MeV. We also find that a very small strangeness content of the proton, $y \simeq 0$. The scattering lengths and the scattering volumes are predicted, which turn out to be in good agreement with those of other approaches and the available experiment data. The contributions from the third-order amplitudes are discussed in detail. We find that the contributions from the internal kaon lines of one-loop diagrams and the counterterms of the third order are sizeable. In addition, the issue of convergence is also discussed.