Related papers: Scalar Meson Photoproduction
We prove that recent data demonstrates unequivocally that the scalar meson $f_0$(980) is mostly composed of $s\bar{s}$ quarks and that the coupling of $f_0$ to photons and mesons is in agreement with the linear sigma model.
High-statistics data on the reactions $\gamma\gamma\to K^+K^-$ and $\gamma\gamma\to K^0\bar K^0$ are the last missing link in investigations of the light scalar mesons $f_0(980)$ and $a_0(980)$ in photon-photon collisions. It is believed…
We construct the amplitudes of $\pi\eta$ photoproduction taking into account the effects of the $\pi\eta$ - $K\bar K$ interchannel coupling. The idea of our model is close to the molecular description of scalar resonances with exception…
We investigate the relevance of the meson loops in the $f_0(1710)$ scalar meson decay into one photon and one vector meson, ($\rho$, $\omega$ and $\phi$). In particular we estimate the size of the loops coming from the decay of the…
The light scalar mesons a_0/f_0(980) are being investigated at COSY-Juelich by detecting the strong decays into K-K-bar and pi-eta/pi-pi as well as radiative decays into vector mesons. Selected results are discussed with emphasis on recent…
The scalar meson $f_{0}(980)$ has long posed a perplexing puzzle within the realm of light hadron physics. Conventionally, its mass and width in normal decay processes have been estimated as $M=990\pm20$~MeV/$c^2$ and $\Gamma=40-100$~MeV,…
The two-photon decay widths of scalar mesons \sigma(600), f_0(980) and a_0(980) as well a_0 -> \rho(\omega)\gamma and f_0 -> \rho(\omega)\gamma are calculated in the framework of the local Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. The contributions of the…
The hadronic charmless B decays into a scalar meson and a vector meson are studied within the framework of QCD factorization. The main results are: (i) The decay rates for the $f_0(980)K^{*-}$ and $f_0(980)\ov K^{*0}$ modes depend on the…
We work out the Linear Sigma Model (LSM) predictions for the 2 gamma decay rates of the a_0(980),f_0(980) mesons under the assumption that they are respectively the I=1 and I=0 members of the bar q q scalar nonet. Agreement with…
We show that the newly discovered scalar meson $f_0(1500)$ at LEAR has properties compatible with the lightest scalar glueball predicted by lattice QCD and incompatible with a $\qqbar$ state. We suggest that decays of glueballs are into…
We argue that the experimental decay rates of the f0(1500) meson into two pseudoscalar mesons and into two photons are incompatible with a quark-antiquark state and that the f0(1710) meson is dominantly an ssbar state.
In the present talk, we report a recent investigation on photoproduction of the $\gamma N \to f_0(500)N$ within a framework of the effective Lagrangian. We include the nucleon resonances with pin $1/2$ in the $s$ channel. The coupling…
We first review the work of the Syracuse group, which uses an effective chiral Lagrangian approach, on meson-meson scattering. An illustration providing evidence for the existence of a strange scalar resonance of mass around 900 MeV is…
We consider the relative decay rates of B0 and Bs mesons into a J\psi\ plus a light scalar meson either the f0(500) (\sigma) or the f0(980). We show that it is possible to distinguish between the quark content of the scalars being…
Properties of scalar mesons below 1.0 GeV have been studied by regarding them as hadronic molecular states. Using the effective Lagrangian approach, we have calculated their leptonic decays, strong decays and productions via the $\phi$…
The high-statistical KLOE data on the $\phi\to\pi^0\pi^0\gamma$ decay are described simultaneously with the data on $\pi\pi$ scattering and the $\pi\pi\to K\bar K$ reaction. The description is carried out taking into account the chiral…
First radial excitations of the isoscalar and isovector scalar mesons f_0(400-1200), f_0(980) and a_0(980) are investigated in the framework of a nonlocal version of a chiral quark model of the Nambu--Jona-Lasinio type. It is shown that…
We study the decay $\phi\to\gamma K^+K^-$ taking into account the scalar mesons production $\phi\to\gamma(f_0+a_0) \to\gamma K^+K^-$ and the final state radiation. We note that the relative sign between the final state radiation amplitude…
Different conclusions about quark nature of f0(980) based on the analysis of data on the reaction phi(1020) -> gamma f0(980) make it necessary to perform detailed comparison of formulae used by various groups for the calculation of partial…
We discuss the recent observation of f_0(980) in charmless B-decays and in gluon jets which hints toward a gluonic coupling of this meson similar to eta'. Further predictions on B-decays into scalar particles are presented. Charmless B…