Measurement of the pseudoscalar mixing angle and eta-prime gluonium content with KLOE detector

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Dec, 2006

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Abstract:
We have measured the ratio Rϕ=BR(ϕηγ)/BR(ϕηγ)R_{\phi}=BR(\phi \to \eta^{\prime} \gamma)/BR(\phi \to \eta \gamma) by looking for the radiative decays ϕηγ\phi \to \eta^{\prime} \gamma and ϕηγ\phi \to \eta \gamma in the final states π+π\pi^+\pi^- 7 γ\gamma's and 7 γ\gamma's respectively, in a sample of 1.3109\sim 1.3\cdot 10^{9} ϕ\phi mesons produced at the Frascati ϕ\phi-factory. We obtain Rϕ=(4.77±0.09stat±0.19sys)103R_{\phi}=(4.77\pm0.09_{stat}\pm0.19_{sys})\cdot 10^{-3} from which we derive BR(ϕηγ)=(6.20±0.11stat±0.25sys)105BR(\phi \to \eta^{\prime} \gamma)=(6.20\pm0.11_{stat}\pm0.25_{sys})\cdot 10^{-5}. In the hypothesis of no gluonium content we extract the pseudoscalar mixing angle in the quark-flavor basis ϕP=(41.4±0.3stat±0.7sys±0.6th)\phi_P=(41.4\pm0.3_{stat}\pm0.7_{sys}\pm0.6_{th})^{\circ}. Combining the value of RϕR_{\phi} with other constraints, we estimate the gluonium fractional content of η\eta^{\prime} meson as Z2=0.14±0.04Z^2 = 0.14\pm0.04 and the mixing angle ϕP=(39.7±0.7)\phi_P = (39.7\pm0.7)^{\circ}.
  • 13.65.+i
  • 14.40.Aq
  • e+e- collisions
  • Radiative phi decays
  • Pseudoscalar mixing angle
  • e+e− collisions
  • Radiative ϕ decays
  • [formula omitted] collisions
  • electron positron: colliding beams
  • electron positron: annihilation