Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-01-04
Phys.Lett.B650:152-158,2007
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
14 pages, 3 figures. Fig.3 replaced. Additional remarks with references
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.03.071
The applicability of the quasi-static approximation for calculating the two-photon annihilation rate of the scalar f_0(980) meson envisaged as a K\bar K molecule is critically re-examined. It is shown that the validity of this approximation depends on the detailed interplay between the momentum dependence of the annihilation amplitude and the momentum transform of the bound state wave function of the annihilating pair. The approximation becomes invalid when these two scales of variation are similar. An improved method of calculation based on the inclusion of electromagnetic corrections to the kernel of the Bethe-Salpeter equation for the interacting K\bar K pair is outlined to cover this case and applied to re-evaluate the two-photon decay width for f_0(980) in a one boson exchange model for the interkaon interaction. The corrections are significant and result in a much better agreement with experiment.
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