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The first direct measurement of the relative phase between the strong and electromagnetic amplitudes for a $J/\psi$ decaying into a vector-pseudoscalar final state is performed using 26 energy points of $e^+e^-$ annihilation data between…
The meson-photon transition form factors $\gamma\gamma^*\to P$ ($P$ stands for $\pi$, $\eta$ and $\eta'$) provide strong constraints on the distribution amplitudes of the pseudoscalar mesons. In this paper, these transition form factors are…
J/psi and psi' decay to mesons are a good place to look for glueballs, hybrids and for extracting strange and nonstrange components in mesons. Abundant J/psi and psi' events have been collected at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider…
We investigate $J/\psi$ photoproduction off the nucleon using a dynamical model based on a Hamiltonian framework. First, Pomeron exchange is regarded as a background contribution that accounts for the gradual rise of the total cross section…
With the recent measurement of $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)\to B\bar{B}^*+c.c.$ and $B^*\bar{B}^*$, we investigate the transitions from the $Z_b(10610)$ and $Z_b(10650)$ to bottomonium states with emission of a pion via intermediate $B \…
A symmetry-preserving regularisation of a vector$\times$vector contact interaction (SCI) is used to deliver a unified treatment of semileptonic transitions involving $\pi$, $K$, $D_{(s)}$, $B_{(s,c)}$ initial states. The framework is…
We carry out a theoretical and Monte Carlo study on the $J/\psi$ decays into $\omega\pi\pi$ and $K\bar{K}\pi$ through intermediate subthreshold $\rho$ meson by using SU(3)-symmetric Lagrangian approach. It is found that the subthreshold…
We aggregate the transverse momentum spectra of $J/\psi$ mesons produced in high energy gold-gold (Au-Au), deuteron-gold ($d$-Au), lead-lead (Pb-Pb), proton-lead ($p$-Pb), and proton-(anti)proton ($p$-$p(\overline{p})$) collisions measured…
The results of an analysis are presented of some recent data on the reactions $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^+\pi^-$, $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0\pi^0$ with the subtracted $\omega\pi^0$ events, $e^+e^-\to\omega\pi^0$, $e^+e^-\to\eta \pi^+\pi^-$,…
We study the effects of anomalous thresholds on the non-local form factors describing the hadronization of the light-quark contribution to $B\to(P,V)\gamma^*$ transitions. Starting from a comprehensive discussion of anomalous thresholds in…
We study the tensor form factors for $P \to P$ and $P \to V$ transitions in the light-front quark model with $P$ and $V$ being pseudoscalar and vector mesons, respectively. We explore the behaviors of these form factors in the entire…
The study of the pi^- p -> rho^0 n and pi^- p -> omega n amplitudes close and below the vector meson production threshold (1.2< sqrt(s) <1.8 GeV) reveals a rich dynamics arising from the presence of specific baryon resonances in this energy…
Cross sections of the e+e- annihilation into one photon plus two vector mesons, such as J/psi rho, J/psi phi, and rho phi at the center of mass energy \sqrt{s}=10.58GeV are calculated. These shed light on the measurement of the e+e-…
We use effective hadronic field theory to study in-medium properties of the $\phi$ meson. The dominant decay channels $\phi\toK^{+}K^{-}$ and $\phi\to\pi\rho$ are modeled using an SU(3) chiral Lagrangian with normal and abnormal parities.…
We study the mass spectra and spin alignment of vector meson $J/\psi$ in a thermal magnetized background using a generalized theoretical framework based on gauge/gravity duality. Utilizing a soft wall model for the QGP background and a…
The electromagnetic effects on charged pion ($\pi^+,\pi^-$) spectra provide new, independent information on the space-time evolution of the ultrarelativistic heavy ion collision. The spectator life time and its excitation energy may also be…
The point-form version of the Bakamjian-Thomas construction is applied to the description of several semileptonic decays of mesons. Weak form factors are extracted without ambiguity for pseudoscalar-to-pseudoscalar as well as for…
We calculate the strong decay couplings for $\rho \to \pi\pi$, $\phi\to KK$, $K^* \to K\pi$ and $D^*\to D\pi$ in a unified and consistent approach based on the impulse approximation, nonperturbative solutions of the quark-gap equation and…
In this study, we investigate the $J/\psi$ production induced by pion beams off the nucleon, particularly the heavy pentaquarks $P_c(4380)$ and $P_c(4450)$ in intermediate states, based on a hybridized Regge model. The process involving…
We present our calculations of the electromagnetic form factor of pions. We explore the properties of pion form factor at momentum transfer larger than previous studies by including more combinations of source and sink momenta and using…