Particle Conjugation and the $1/N_C$ Corrections to $g_A$

Abstract

We impose the requirement that the isovector axial vector current for the soliton sector of the chiral quark model transforms correctly under particle conjugation. This forces us to choose an otherwise arbitrary ordering of collective space operators in such a way that the next--to--leading $1/N_C$ correction to $g_A$ vanishes.

6 pages LaTeX, SU--4240--588, UNITU--THEP--23/1994