6 research outputs found
Masses and Internal Structure of Mesons in the String Quark Model
The relativistic quantum string quark model, proposed earlier, is applied to
all mesons, from pion to , lying on the leading Regge trajectories
(i.e., to the lowest radial excitations in terms of the potential quark
models). The model describes the meson mass spectrum, and comparison with
measured meson masses allows one to determine the parameters of the model:
current quark masses, universal string tension, and phenomenological constants
describing nonstring short-range interaction. The meson Regge trajectories are
in general nonlinear; practically linear are only trajectories for light-quark
mesons with non-zero lowest spins. The model predicts masses of many new
higher-spin mesons. A new meson is predicted with mass 1910 Mev. In
some cases the masses of new low-spin mesons are predicted by extrapolation of
the phenomenological short-range parameters in the quark masses. In this way
the model predicts the mass of to be MeV, and
the mass of to be MeV (the potential model predictions
are 100 Mev lower). The relativistic wave functions of the composite mesons
allow one to calculate the energy and spin structure of mesons. The average
quark-spin projections in polarized -meson are twice as small as the
nonrelativistic quark model predictions. The spin structure of reveals an
80% violation of the flavour SU(3). These results may be relevant to
understanding the ``spin crises'' for nucleons.Comment: 30 pages, REVTEX, 6 table
A Study of the \eta \pi^{0} Spectrum and Search for a J^{PC} = 1^{-+} Exotic Meson
A partial wave analysis (PWA) of the of the system (where ) produced in the charge exchange reaction at an incident momentum of 18 GeV is presented as a function of
invariant mass, , and momentum transfer squared,
, from the incident to the outgoing system. , and waves were included in the PWA. The
and states are clearly observed in the overall
effective mass distribution as well as in the amplitudes associated with
wave and waves respectively after partial wave decomposition. The observed
distributions in moments (averages of spherical harmonics) were compared to the
results from the PWA and the two are consistent. The distribution in
for individual waves associated with natural and
unnatural parity exchange in the -channel are consistent with Regge
phenomenology. Of particular interest in this study is the wave since this
leads to an exotic for the system. A wave is
present in the data, however attempts to describe the mass dependence of the
amplitude and phase motion with respect to the wave as a Breit-Wigner
resonance are problematic. This has implications regarding the existence of a
reported exotic meson decaying into with a mass
near 1.4 GeV.Comment: 19 pages, 29 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
The masses and decay widths of heavy hybrid mesons
We first derive the mass sum rules for the heavy hybrid mesons to obtain the
binding energy and decay constants in the leading order of HQET. The pionic
couplings between the lightest hybrid and the lowest
three heavy meson doublets are calculated with the light cone QCD sum rules.
With flavor symmetry we calculate the widths for all the possible
two-body decay processes with a Goldstone boson in the final state. The total
width of the hybrid is estimated to be 300 MeV. We find the dominant
decay mode of the hybrid is where the
heavy meson belongs to the doublet. Its branching ratio is about
80% so this mode can be used for the experimental search of the lowest heavy
hybrid meson.Comment: 20 pages + 12 PS figures, introduction revised, Fig 7 updated, to
appear in Phys. Rev.
Hybrid and Conventional Mesons in the Flux Tube Model: Numerical Studies and their Phenomenological Implications
We present results from analytical and numerical studies of a flux tube model
of hybrid mesons. Our numerical results use a Hamiltonian Monte Carlo algorithm
and so improve on previous analytical treatments, which assumed small flux tube
oscillations and an adiabatic separation of quark and flux tube motion. We find
that the small oscillation approximation is inappropriate for typical hadrons
and that the hybrid mass is underestimated by the adiabatic approximation. For
physical parameters in the ``one-bead" flux tube model we estimate the lightest
hybrid masses ( states) to be 1.8-1.9~GeV for
hybrids, 2.1-2.2~GeV for and 4.1-4.2~GeV for . We also
determine masses of conventional mesons with to in this
model, and confirm good agreement with experimental -averaged multiplet
masses. Mass estimates are also given for hybrids with higher orbital and
flux-tube excitations. The gap from the lightest hybrid level () to the
first hybrid orbital excitation () is predicted to be ~GeV
for light quarks and ~GeV for . Both and
hybrid multiplets contain the exotics and ; in
addition the has a and the contains a . Hybrid
mesons with doubly-excited flux tubes are also considered. The implications of
our results for spectroscopy are discussed, with emphasis on charmonium
hybrids, which may be accessible at facilities such as BEPC, KEK, a Tau-Charm
Factory, and in production at hadron colliders.Comment: 39 pages of RevTex. Figures available via anonymous ftp at
ftp://compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu/QSM/bcsfig1.ps and /QSM/bcsfig6.p