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Evidence for a scalar kappa(900) resonance in pi-K scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Motivated by the 1/Nc1/N_c expansion, we study a simple model in which the pi-K scattering amplitude is the sum of a current-algebra contact term and resonance pole exchanges. This phenomenological model is crossing symmetric and, when a putative light strange scalar meson, kappa, is included, satisfies the unitarity bounds to well above 1 GeV. The model also features chiral dynamics, vector meson dominance and appropriate interference between the established scalar K*(1430) resonance and its predicted background. We briefly discuss the physical significance of the results and directions for further work.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9804273,
  title  = {Evidence for a scalar kappa(900) resonance in pi-K scattering},
  author = {D. Black and A. H. Fariborz and F. Sannino and J. Schechter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9804273},
  year   = {2008}
}

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28 pages, 17 figures