Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-05-13
Nucl.Phys.A714:161-182,2003
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, 6 figures. One reference is corrected. Version to be published in Nuclear Physics A
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01360-X
The decay widths \phi \to \gamma f_0(980) and \phi \to \gamma a_0(980) are calculated taking into account the finite widths of the scalar resonances f_0(980) and a_0(980). The latter are shown to be essential in order to obtain meaningful results. Simultaneously we also study the decays \phi\to \gamma \pi^0\pi^0 and \gamma \pi^0\eta where a good reproduction of the recent experimental data is obtained, pointing out the necessity of a \phi\gamma K^0\bar{K}^0 contact vertex. The calculated decay rates to \gamma f_0(980) and \gamma a_0(980) are in good agreement with the experimental ones without invoking isospin breaking in the couplings of the f_0(980) and a_0(980) resonances to the K^+ K^- and K^0 \bar{K}^0 channels, at odds with recent proposals. The derived formula for calculating these \phi radiative decay widths can be also applied in their own experimental analyses in order to obtain more precise results.
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