Published November 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Polarized angular distributions in the decays of the singlet D2 state of charmonium originating from anti pp collisions

  • 1. Hong Kong Baptist University, Department of Physics, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong (China)

Description

Using the helicity formalism, we calculate the combined angular distribution function of the neutral pion (π0) and the polarized electron (e-) and photon (γ) produced in the triple cascade process anti p+p→1D2→1P1+γ→(ψ+π0)+γ→(e-+e+)+π0+γ, when anti p and p are unpolarized. We also present the partially integrated angular distribution functions in three different cases where the combined angular distribution function of the three particles is integrated over the direction of one of the particles. Our results show that by measuring the two-particle angular distribution of the electron and the photon with the polarization of either particle, one can determine the relative magnitudes as well as the relative phases of all the angular-momentum helicity amplitudes in the two decay processes 1D2→1 P1+γ and 1 P1→ψ+π0. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1792-1

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 1-9
ISSN
1434-6044