Determination of Radiative Widths of Scalar Mesons from Experimental Results on $γγ\toππ$

dc.creatorBoglione, M.
dc.creatorPennington, M. R.
dc.date1998-12-05
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dc.descriptionThe scalar mesons in the 1 GeV region constitute the Higgs sector of the strong interactions. They are responsible for the masses of all light flavour hadrons. However, the composition of these scalar states is far from clear, despite decades of experimental effort. The two photon couplings of the $f_{0}$'s are a guide to their structure. Two photon results from Mark II, Crystal Ball and CELLO prompt a new Amplitude Analysis of $γγ\toπ^+π^-$, $π^0π^0$ cross-sections. Despite their currently limited angular coverage and lack of polarized photons, we use a methodology that provides the nearest one can presently achieve to a model-independent partial wave separation. We find two distinct classes of solutions. Both have very similar two photon couplings for the $f_0(980)$ and $f_0(400-1200)$. Hopefully these definitive results will be a spur to dynamical calculations that will bring us a better understanding of these important states.
dc.description39 pages, 16 figures (13 ps, 3 eps). Submitted for publication
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9812258
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9812258
dc.identifierEur.Phys.J.C9:11-29,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s100520050509
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/179239
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleDetermination of Radiative Widths of Scalar Mesons from Experimental Results on $γγ\toππ$
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