Unquenching the scalar glueball

Mar, 1997
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 79 (1997) 1998-2001
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DTP-97-02,
  • DPT-97-02

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Computations in the quenched approximation on the lattice predict the lightest glueball to be a scalar in the 1.5-1.8 GeV region. Here we calculate the dynamical effect the coupling to two pseudoscalars has on the mass, width and decay pattern of such a scalar glueball. These hadronic interactions allow mixing with the qqq \overline q scalar nonet, which is largely fixed by the well-established K_0^*(1430). This non-perturbative mixing means that, if the pure gluestate has a width to two pseudoscalar channels of ~100 MeV as predicted on the lattice, the resulting hadron has a width to these channels of only ~30 MeV with a large eta-eta component. Experimental results need to be reanalyzed in the light of these predictions to decide if either the f_0(1500) or an f_0(1710) coincides with this dressed glueball.
  • lattice field theory
  • approximation: quenching
  • glueball: mass
  • glueball: decay modes
  • glueball: width
  • glueball: coupling
  • quark antiquark: bound state
  • interference: effect
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
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