Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1996-09-12
Phys.Rev.D55:4157-4188,1997
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
89 pages, LATEX using epsfig, 5 figures, postscript file hq.ps available at http://csep2.phy.ornl.gov/theory_group/people/barn
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.4157
We discriminate gluonic hadrons from conventional $q\bar q$ states by surveying radial and orbital excitations of all I=0 and I=1 $n\bar n$ systems anticipated up to 2.1 GeV. We give detailed predictions of their quasi-two-body branching fractions and identify characteristic decay modes that can isolate quarkonia. Several of the ``missing mesons'' with L$_{q\bar q}=2$ and L$_{q\bar q}=3$ are predicted to decay dominantly into certain S+P and S+D modes, and should appear in experimental searches for hybrids in the same mass region. We also consider the topical issues of whether some of the recently discovered or controversial meson resonances, including glueball and hybrid candidates, can be accommodated as quarkonia.
Barnes Ted
Close Frank E.
Page Philip R.
Swanson Eric S.
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