The light scalars, especially the sigma, in charm decay and elsewhere

dc.creatorTornqvist, N. A.
dc.creatorPolosa, A. D.
dc.date2000-11-08
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dc.descriptionWe discuss how the lightest scalars, in particular the broad sigma resonance, can be understood as unitarized (qbar q) states within a unitarized quark model (UQM). The bare (qbar q) scalars are strongly distorted by hadronic mass shifts, and the (ubar u+ dbar d) state becomes a very broad resonance, with its pole at 470-i250 MeV. This is the sigma meson required by models for spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. We also discuss the less well known phenomenon that with a large coupling there can appear two physical resonance poles on the second sheet although only one bare quark-antiquark state is put in. The f_0(980) and f_0(1370) resonance poles can thus be two manifestations of the same (sbar s) quark state. Both of these are dominant in the E791 Dalitz plot of D_s-> 3pi, where (sbar s) intermediate states should be dominant. Recently this light sigma has clearly been observed in D-> sigma pi-> 3pi by the E791 experiment at Fermilab. We discuss how this decay channel can be predicted in a Constituent Quark Meson Model (CQM), which incorporates heavy quark and chiral symmetries.
dc.description14 pages; Invited plenary talk by N.A. Tornqvist at the ''Heavy Quark at Fixed Target'' Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 9-12, 2000. To appear in Frascati Physics Series
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0011107
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0011107
dc.identifierFrascati Phys.Ser. 20 (2000) 385-399
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/40127
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleThe light scalars, especially the sigma, in charm decay and elsewhere
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