Published November 30, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

On the extraction of the quark mass ratio (md-mu)/ms from Γ(η'->π0π+π-)/Γ(η'->ηπ+π-)

  • 1. Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik (Theorie), Universitaet Bonn, D-53115 Bonn (Germany)
  • 2. Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik (Theorie), Universitaet Bonn, D-53115 Bonn (Germany) and Institut fuer Kernphysik (Theorie), Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)

Description

The claim that the light quark mass ratio (md-mu)/ms can be extracted from the decay width ratio Γ(η'->π0π+π-)/Γ(η'->ηπ+π-) is critically investigated within a U(3) chiral unitary framework. The influence of the recent VES data on the η'->ηπ+π- decay is also discussed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.10.020;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ph/0609010v1;
PII
S0370-2693(06)01296-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
643
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 41-45
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38064713
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; D QUARKS; ETA MESONS; MASS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE DECAY; PIONS MINUS; PIONS NEUTRAL; PIONS PLUS; U QUARKS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; MESONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUARKS

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