On the two-photon decay width of the sigma meson
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
We shortly report on the two-photon decay width of the light -meson interpreted as a quarkonium state. Results are given in dependence on the -mass and the constituent mass of the light quark. The triangle quark-loop diagram, responsible for the two-photon transition, is carefully evaluated: a term in the transition amplitude, often omitted in literature, results in destructive interference with the leading term. As a result we show that the two-photon decay width of the in the quarkonium picture is less than 1 keV for the physical range of parameters.
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@article{arxiv.0710.3403,
title = {On the two-photon decay width of the sigma meson},
author = {Francesco Giacosa and Thomas Gutsche and Valery E. Lyubovitskij},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3403},
year = {2008}
}
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6 pages, 4 figures