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Quark mean field model for nucleons in nuclei

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We propose the quark mean field model for nucleons in nuclei, where the meson mean fields created by other nucleons act on quarks in a nucleon and change the nucleon properties in nuclei. We take the constituent quark model for the nucleon, which naturally allows the direct coupling of pions and in turn other mesons as $\ensuremath{\sigma}$ and $\ensuremath{\omega}$ mesons. We find very good nuclear matter properties with the use of the nonlinear self-energy terms in the meson Lagrangian. We expect the spin-orbit splitting in finite nuclei to be large due to the large reduction of the nucleon mass, which is in agreement with experiment. The nucleon size increases by about 7% at the normal matter density.