Very recently, the {\it BABAR} Collaboration indicated that there exist an explicit enhancement structure near 2.2 GeV when focusing on the e+e−→π+π− process again, which inspires our interest in studying the production of higher ρ mesonic states. Since the branching ratio of π+π− channel of D−wave ρ states are much smaller than S−wave states, we choose ρ(1900) and ρ(2150) as the intermediate states in e+e−→π+π−, where ρ(1900) and ρ(2150) are treated as ρ(3S) and ρ(4S) states, respectively. Our result indicates that the BABAR's data of e+e−→π+π− around 2 GeV can be depicted well, which shows that this enhancement structure near 2.2 GeV existing in e+e−→π+π− can be due to the contribution from two ρ mesons, ρ(1900) and ρ(2150). Additionally, this conclusion can be enforced by the consistence of the extracted values of Γe+e−B(π+π−) of ρ(1900) and ρ(2150) in the whole fitting processes and the corresponding theoretical calculations. The present study of e+e−→π+π− data may provide valuable information to establish the ρ meson family.
@article{arxiv.2007.03118,
title = {Toward $e^+e^-\to \pi^+\pi^-$ annihilation inspired by higher $\rho$ mesonic states around 2.2 GeV},
author = {Li-Ming Wang and Jun-Zhang Wang and Xiang Liu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.03118},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 table and 2 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. D