Experimental Consequences of a Small Mixture of c anti-c in the eta-prime and eta Mesons

Nov, 1975
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 60 (1976) 172-176
  • Published: 1976
Report number:
  • WIS-75-39-PH

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We show that a small but significant mixing of η and η′ with the pseudoscalar cc̄ state may explanin the large η and η′ masses, the small mass of the new 2.8 GeV state, the large rates for ψ′ → ψη, ψ → η′γ and ψ → ηψ, the large number of photons in ψ decay, some of the missing decay modes of ψ′ and ψ and the small K/π ratio in ψ′ and ψ decays. We predict that 20–30% of all ψ and ψ′ decays contain an η′. Other tests and one important difficulty are also discussed.
  • QUARK: CHARM
  • QUARK ANTIQUARK
  • ETA(549)
  • ETA'(958)
  • NEW PARTICLE: X(2750)
  • MASS
  • PSI(3700): DECAY MODES
  • J/psi(3100): DECAY MODES
  • PHOTON: FINAL STATE
  • FINAL STATE: PHOTON