Higher-Fock States and the Covariance of the Light-Front Quark Model

Abstract

The light-front quark model has been successful in describing various meson properties. We apply the model to the meson weak decays and discuss the covariance of the model. We find that the inclusion of the higher-Fock state(i.e. nonvalence or so called Z-graph) contributions is necessary to recover the covariance of the light-front quark model. We present the possibility of the effective calculation of the higher-Fock state contributions to restore the covarince in the light-front model.

3 pages. Contribution to the Proceedings of ``DPF 2000,'' the Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, August 9-12, 2000, Department of Physics, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio