Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-12-09
Phys.Rev. D67 (2003) 114003
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
29 pages, added references
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.67.114003
We study instanton contributions to hadronic decays of the scalar glueball, the pseudoscalar charmonium state $\eta_c$, and the scalar charmonium state $\chi_c$. Hadronic decays of the $\eta_c$ are of particular interest. The three main decay channels are $K\bar{K}\pi$, $\eta\pi\pi$ and $\eta'\pi\pi$, each with an unusually large branching ratio $\sim 5%$. On the quark level, all three decays correspond to an instanton type vertex $(\bar{c}c)(\bar{s}s)(\bar{d}d)(\bar{u}u)$. We show that the total decay rate into three pseudoscalar mesons can be reproduced using an instanton size distribution consistent with phenomenology and lattice results. Instantons correctly reproduce the ratio $B(\pi\pi\eta)/B(\pi\pi\eta')$ but over-predict the ratio $B(K\bar{K}\pi)/B(\pi\pi\eta(\eta'))$. We consider the role of scalar resonances and suggest that the decay mechanism can be studied by measuring the angular distribution of decay products.
Schaefer Thomas
Zetocha Valeriu
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