Threshold Resonances - a Lattice Perspective

Abstract

The calculation of the masses of the lightest nucleon resonances using lattice QCD is surveyed. Recent results for the mass of the first radial excitation of the nucleon, the Roper resonance, are reviewed and the interpretation in terms of models of hadronic resonances, such as the quark model and hadronic molecules, discussed. The talk concludes with an outline of prospects for future calculations.

Comments: 5 Pages, 2 figures, invited contribution to Focus Session on Nature of Threshold N*, to be published in Proceedings of NSTAR 2002, Pittsburgh, October 9-12, 2002 (World Scientific)