434 research outputs found
UNDERSTANDING THE SCALAR MESON NONET
It is shown that one can fit the available data on the a0(980), f0(980),
f0(1300) and K*0(1430) mesons as a distorted 0++ qq bar nonet using very few
(5-6) parameters and an improved version of the unitarized quark model. This
includes all light two-pseudoscalar thresholds, constraints from Adler zeroes,
flavour symmetric couplings, unitarity and physically acceptable analyticity.
The parameters include a bare uu bar or dd bar mass, an over-all coupling
constant, a cutoff and a strange quark mass of 100 MeV, which is in accord with
expectations from the quark model.
It is found that in particular for the a0(980) and f0(980) the KK bar
component in the wave function is large, i.e., for a large fraction of the time
the qq bar state is transformed into a virtual KK bar pair. This KK bar
component, together with a similar component of eta' pi for the a0(980) , and
eta eta, eta eta' and eta' eta' components for the f0(980), causes the
substantial shift to a lower mass than what is naively expected from the qq bar
component alone.
Mass, width and mixing parameters, including sheet and pole positions, of the
four resonances are given, with a detailed pedagogical discussion of their
meaning.Comment: 35 pages in plain latex (ZPC in press), 10 figures obtainable from
the author ([email protected]) with regular mail or as a large PS
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A new Perspective on the Scalar meson Puzzle, from Spontaneous Chiral Symmetry Breaking Beyond BCS
We introduce coupled channels of Bethe-Salpeter mesons both in the boundstate
equation for mesons and in the mass gap equation for chiral symmetry.
Consistency is insured by the Ward Identities for axial currents, which
preserve the Goldstone boson nature of the pion and prevents a systematic shift
of the hadron spectrum. We study the decay of a scalar meson coupled to a pair
of pseudoscalars. We also show that coupled channels reduce the breaking of
chiral symmetry, with the same Feynman diagrams that appear in the coupling of
a scalar meson to a pair of pseudoscalar mesons. Exact calculations are
performed in a particular confining quark model, where we find that the
groundstate meson is the f_0(980) with a partial decay
width of 40MeV. We also find a 30% reduction of the chiral condensate due to
coupled channels.Comment: 17 pages, Revtex, 8 eps figures, and several eps diagrams in
equation
Finite temperature spectral functions of the linear O(N)-model at large N applied to the system
The thermal evolution of the spectral densities derivable from the two-point
functions of the elementary and the quadratic composite fields of the O(N)
model is studied in the isosinglet channel and in the broken symmetry phase at
infinite N. The results are applied with realistic parameter values to the N=4
case. They provide a reasonable description of the meson at T=0.
Threshold enhancement is observed around . For higher
temperatures the maximum of the spectral function in the single meson channel
decreases and becomes increasingly rounded.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures. Change in the abstract and replacement of Fig.3
due to a numerical error not influencing the physics conten
The upper limit of the e+e- partial width of X(3872)
The e+e- decay partial width of the recently observed state, X(3872), is
estimated using the ISR data collected at the center of mass energy 4.03 GeV in
e+e- annihilation experiment by BES at BEPC. It is found that the product of
the e+e- partial width and X(3872) --> pi+ pi- J/psi decay branching fraction
is less than 10 eV at 90 % confidence level if the J(PC) of X(3872) is 1(--).
Together with the potential models and other information, we conclude that
X(3872) is very unlikely to be a vector state.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
Chiral Approach to Weak Radiative Hyperon Decays and the Asymmetry
We reanalyse the recent version of the chiral model of weak radiative hyperon
decays, proposed by Borasoy and Holstein. It is shown that predictions of the
analysed model are significantly changed when one accepts the usual
classification of as an SU(3)-singlet. In particular, for the
decay large negative asymmetry is obtained. This
is contrasted with the Hara's-theorem-violating approaches where this asymmetry
is large and positive.Comment: 15 LaTeX pages, 1 ps figur
DCC dynamics with the SU(3) linear sigma model
The SU(3) extension of the linear sigma model is employed to elucidate the
effect of including strangeness on the formation of disoriented chiral
condensates. By means of a Hartree factorization, approximate dispersion
relations for the 18 scalar and pseudoscalar meson species are derived and
their self-consistent solution makes it possible to trace out the thermal path
of the two order parameters as well as delineate the region of instability
within which spontaneous pair creation becomes possible. The results depend
significantly on the employed sigma mass, with the highest values yielding the
largest regions of instability. An approximate solution of the equations of
motion for the order parameter in scenarios emulating uniform scaling
expansions show that even with a rapid quench only the pionic modes grow
unstable. Nevertheless, the rapid and oscillatory relaxation of the order
parameters leads to enhanced production of both pions and (to a lesser degree)
kaons.Comment: 29 pages, RevTeX, 11 postscript figures, discussion about anomaly
term adde
Scalar meson properties from D-meson decays
Decay amplitudes of D(D_s)->f0(980)X, X=pi, K, are compared to experimental
branching ratios with the aim of singling out the poorly known D->f0(980)
transition form factor in these amplitudes. Since the other elements of the
amplitudes are either calculable in an effective QCD theory using operator
product expansion or are known from experiment (e.g. the pion and kaon decay
constants), we can take advantage of these reactions to constrain the
transition form factors obtained in relativistic quark models. In these models,
the f0(980) wavefunction requires an unknown size parameter for both its
non-strange ubar u(dbar d) and strange sbar s components, which we fit to the
D(D_s) decay data.Comment: Talk given at the Few Body 18 conference in Santos, Brazil. 4 pages,
to be published in Nuclear Physics
Mechanism for a next-to-lowest lying scalar meson nonet
Recent work suggests the existence of a non-conventional lowest-lying scalar
nonet containing the a0(980). Then the a0(1450) and also the K0*(1430) are
likely candidates to belong to a conventional p-wave nonet. However
a comparison of their properties with those expected on this basis reveals a
number of puzzling features. It is pointed out that these puzzles can be
resolved in a natural and robust way by assuming a ``bare'' conventional p-wave
scalar nonet to mix with a lighter four quark
scalar nonet to form new ``physical'' states. The essential mechanism is driven
by the fact that the isospinor is lighter than the isovector in the unmixed multiplet.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figure
Neurological Disease Detection and Monitoring from Voice Production
The dramatic impact of neurological degenerative pathologies in life quality is a growing concern. It is well known that many neurological diseases leave a fingerprint in voice and speech production. Many techniques have been designed for the detection, diagnose and monitoring the neurological disease. Most of them are costly or difficult to extend to primary attention medical services. Through the present paper it will be shown how some neurological diseases can be traced at the level of phonation. The detection procedure would be based on a simple voice test. The availability of advanced tools and methodologies to monitor the organic pathology of voice would facilitate the implantation of these tests. The paper hypothesizes that some of the underlying mechanisms affecting the production of voice produce measurable correlates in vocal fold biomechanics. A general description of the methodological foundations for the voice analysis system which can estimate correlates to the neurological disease is shown. Some study cases will be presented to illustrate the possibilities of the methodology to monitor neurological diseases by voic
Another look at scattering in the scalar channel
We set up a general framework to describe scattering below 1 GeV
based on chiral low-energy expansion with possible spin-0 and 1 resonances.
Partial wave amplitudes are obtained with the method, which satisfy
unitarity, analyticity and approximate crossing symmetry. Comparison with the
phase shift data in the J=0 channel favors a scalar resonance near the
mass.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, REVTe
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