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Form factors of $\eta_c$ in light front quark model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-08-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We study the form factors of the ηc\eta_c meson in the light-front quark model. We explicitly show that the transition form factor of ηcγγ\eta_c \to \gamma^* \gamma as a function of the momentum transfer is consistent with the experimental data by the BaBar collaboration, while the decay constant of ηc\eta_c is found to be fηc=230.561.0+52.2f_{\eta_{c}}=230.5^{+52.2}_{-61.0} and 303.6116.4+115.2303.6^{+115.2}_{-116.4} MeV for ηcccˉ\eta_c\sim c\bar{c} by using two ηcγγ\eta_c \to \gamma \gamma decay widths of 5.3±0.55.3\pm 0.5 and 7.2±2.17.2\pm2.1 keV, given by Particle Data Group and Lattice QCD calculation, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3852,
  title  = {Form factors of $\eta_c$ in light front quark model},
  author = {Chao-Qiang Geng and Chong-Chung Lih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3852},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in EPJC