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BES data on $J/\psi \to \gamma (K^{\pm} K_S^0 \pi^{\mp})$ are presented. There is a strong peak due to $\eta(1440)/\iota$, which is fitted with a Breit-Wigner amplitude with $s$-dependent widths for decays to $K^*K$, $\kappa K$, $\eta…
The decay widths \phi \to \gamma f_0(980) and \phi \to \gamma a_0(980) are calculated taking into account the finite widths of the scalar resonances f_0(980) and a_0(980). The latter are shown to be essential in order to obtain meaningful…
The differential cross section for the process $\gamma \gamma \to \eta \pi^0$ has been measured in the kinematic range $0.84 \GeV < W < 4.0 \GeV$, $|\cos \theta^*|<0.8$, where $W$ and $\theta^*$ are the energy and $\pi^0$ (or $\eta$)…
We discuss the processes $\gamma\gamma\to\pi^0\pi^0$ and $\eta\to\pi^0 \gamma\gamma$ at $O(p^6)$ in the momentum expansion. The calculation involves tree--level, one--loop and two--loop diagrams of a chiral effective lagrangian which is…
The ratio R_{\eta}=\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\gamma)/\Gamma(\eta -> \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0) has been measured by analyzing 22 million \phi \to \eta \gamma decays collected by the KLOE experiment at DA\PhiNE, corresponding to an integrated…
We perform a dispersive theoretical study of the reaction \gamma\gamma\to pi^0\pi^0 emphasizing the low energy region. The large source of theoretical uncertainty to calculate the \gamma\gamma\to\pi^0\pi^0 total cross section for…
The process $e^+e^-\to\eta\pi^0\gamma$ is studied in the center-of-mass energy range 1.05-2.00 GeV using data with an integrated luminosity of 94.5 pb$^{-1}$ collected by the SND detector at the VEPP-2000 $e^+e^-$ collider. The…
We calculate the $00^{++}$-wave two-meson spectra for the reactions $\gamma\gamma\to\pi^0\pi^0$, $\gamma\gamma\to\pi^+\pi^-$, $\gamma\gamma\to K^0\bar K^0$ and $\gamma\gamma\to K^+ K^-$ on the basis of: (i) the results of the $K$-matrix…
Within the Extended Nambu Jona-Lasinio model, we calculate the $O(p^6)$ counterterms entering the low-energy expansion of the $\gamma \gamma \to \pi^0 \pi^0$ and the $\eta \to \pi^0 \gamma \gamma$ amplitudes in Chiral Perturbation Theory.…
Using the pole approach we determine the mass and width of the $f_0(980)$; in particular, we analyze the possibility that two nearby poles are associated to it. We restrict our analysis to a neighborhood of the resonance, using $\pi\pi$…
We have studied the phi->a_0(980) gamma process with the KLOE detector at the Frascati phi-factory DAPhNE by detecting the phi->eta pi^0 gamma decays in the final states with eta->gamma gamma and eta->pi^+ pi^- pi^0. We have measured the…
A dispersion integral is derived that connects data on $\eta\to \pi^+\pi^-\gamma$ to the $\eta\to \gamma\gamma^*$ transition form factor. A detailed analysis of the uncertainties is provided. We find for the slope of the $\eta$ transition…
Angular distributions in the final state of pi0-eta photoproduction on nucleons are considered. As a formal base the familiar isobar model is used in which the (pi0 eta N) state is a product of the resonance decay into eta-Delta(1232) and…
We study the processes gamma gamma -> K^0_S K pi and gamma gamma -> K+ K- pi+ pi- pi0 using a data sample of 519.2 fb-1 recorded by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy e+e- collider at center-of-mass energies near the…
Radiative decays \phi\to\eta\pi^0\gamma and \phi\to\pi^0\pi^0\gamma are studied assuming that these decays are caused through the intermediate a_0(980)\gamma and f_0(980)\gamma states, respectively. Fitting the experimental data of the…
In light of the recent measurement of the $\eta\to\pi^{0}\gamma\gamma$ decay by the KLOE-2 Collaboration, a previous analysis including vector- and scalar-meson exchange contributions using the VMD and L$\sigma$M frameworks, respectively,…
We have performed a new model independent amplitude analysis of reaction $\pi^- p \to \pi^- \pi^+ n$ measured at CERN at 17.2 GeV/c on polarized target. The analysis extends the range of dipion mass from 600--880 MeV used in the previous…
The scaling of photoproduction $\gamma p\to\pi^0 p$ is investigated in the Reggeized model with $N^*$ and $\Delta$ resonances included to describe resonance peaks up to photon energy $E_\gamma$= 3 GeV. Given the $t$-channel exchanges…
We present a unified picture which studies simultaneously the gamma gamma--> pi^+ pi^-, pi^0 pi^0,K^+ K^-, K^0 bar{K}^0, pi^0 eta reactions up to about sqrt(s)=1.4 GeV reproducing the experimental cross sections. The present work implements…
In a recent paper \cite{Ablikim:2019pit}, the BESIII collaboration reported the so-called first observation of pure $W$-annihilation decays $D^+_s \to a^+_0(980) \pi^0$ and $D_s^+ \to a^0_0(980)\pi^+$. The measured absolute branching…