An Explanation for the rho-pi Puzzle of J/psi and psi' Decays

dc.creatorChen, Yu-Qi
dc.creatorBraaten, Eric
dc.date1998-01-06
dc.date1998-02-05
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dc.descriptionWe propose a new explanation for the longstanding puzzle of the tiny branching fraction of psi' -> rho pi relative to that for J/psi -> rho pi. In the case of J/psi, we argue that this decay is dominated by a higher Fock state in which the ccbar pair is in a color-octet ^3S_1 state and via annihilate process ccbar -> qqbar. In the case of the psi', we argue that the probability for the ccbar pair in this higher Fock state to be close enough to annihilate is suppressed by a dynamical effect related to the small energy gap between the mass of the psi' and the DDbar threshold.
dc.description9 pages, cut the paper, small change to the discussion about psi' suppresion mechanism
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9801226
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9801226
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.80:5060-5063,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5060
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179171
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleAn Explanation for the rho-pi Puzzle of J/psi and psi' Decays
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