Published January 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

IS f0(1500) a scalar glueball?

  • 1. Physik-Institut, Universitaet Zuerich, CH-8057 Zuerich (Switzerland)
  • 2. Particle Theory, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)

Description

Following the discovery of two new scalar mesons f0(1370) and f0(1500) at the Low Energy Antiproton Ring at CERN, we argue that the observed properties of this pair are incompatible with them both being QQ| mesons. We show instead that f0(1500) is compatible with the ground state glueball expected around 1500 MeV mixed with the nearby states of the 0++QQ| nonet. Tests of this hypothesis include the prediction of a further scalar state f0'(1500 endash 1800) which couples strongly to KK|, ηη, and ηη'. Signatures for a possible tensor glueball at ∼2 GeV are also considered. copyright 1995 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 295-311.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ