Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-05-23
Mod.Phys.Lett.A22:1439-1458,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
18 pages, 11 figures. To be published in Modern Physics Letters A A number of references updated and three sentences changed i
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217732307024188
Scalar mesons are a key expression of the infrared regime of QCD. The lightest of these is the $\sigma$. Now that its pole in the complex energy plane has been precisely located, we can ask whether this state is transiently ${\bar q}q$ or ${\bar {qq}} qq$ or a multi-meson molecule or largely glue? The two photon decay of the $\sigma$ can, in principle, discriminate between these possibilities. We review here how the $\gamma\gamma\to\pi^+\pi^-$, $\pi^0\pi^0$ cross-sections can be accurately computed. The result not only agrees with experiment, but definitively fixes the radiative coupling of the $\sigma$. This equates to a two photon width of $(4.1 \pm 0.3)$ keV, which accords with the simple non-relativistic quark model expectation for a ${\bar u}u, {\bar d}d$ scalar. Nevertheless, robust predictions from relativistic strong coupling QCD are required for each of the possible compositions before we can be sure which one really delivers the determined $\gamma\gamma$ coupling.
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