Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-02-05
Nucl.Phys.A693:755-774,2001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
20 pages, uses Feynmf Submitted to Nuclear Physics A, published version
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0375-9474(01)00917-4
The widths for $\pi\pi$ decay of the L=1 charm mesons are calculated by describing the pion coupling to light constituents quarks by the lowest order chiral interaction. The wavefunctions of the charm mesons are obtained as solutions to the covariant Blankenbecler-Sugar equation. These solutions correspond to an interaction Hamiltonian modeled as the sum of a linear scalar confining and a screened one-gluon exchange (OGE) interaction. This interaction induces a two-quark contribution to the amplitude for two-pion decay, which is found to interfere destructively with the single quark amplitude. For the currently known L=1 $D$ mesons, the total $\pi\pi$ decay widths are found to be $\sim 1$ MeV for the $D_1(2420)$ and $\sim 3$ MeV for the $D^*_2(2460)$ if the axial coupling of the constituent quark is taken to be $g_A^q=1$. The as yet undiscovered spin singlet $D_1^*$ state is predicted to have a larger width of 7 - 10 MeV for $\pi\pi$ decay.
Lahde Timo A.
Riska} D. O.
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