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The lightest scalar meson in a simple approach

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-09-05 v2

Abstract

We study basic properties of scalar hadronic resonances within a quantum field theoretical toy model. In particular, we focus on the spectral function, the mass and the decay width of the resonance f0(500)f_{0}(500). In this work, this meson is understood as a seed state in an effective Lagrangian which couples to pions. With such a setup we use the position of the pole on the second Riemann sheet in order to obtain its spectral function. We confirm that f0(500)f_{0}(500) cannot be described by an ordinary Breit--Wigner function, and that a more complicated structure is needed.

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@article{arxiv.1305.2603,
  title  = {The lightest scalar meson in a simple approach},
  author = {Thomas Wolkanowski and Francesco Giacosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2603},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 figure, 1 table; prepared for proceedings of the conference "Excited QCD 2013", 3-9 February, Bjelasnica Mountain, Sarajevo

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