Published September 1, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Production, decay, and mixing models of the iota meson

  • 1. Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Description

We solve a five-channel mixing problem involving eta, eta', zeta(1275), iota(1440), and a new hypothetical high-mass pseudoscalar state between 1600 and 1900 MeV. We obtain the quark and glue content of iota(1440). We compare two solutions to the mixing problem with iota(1440) production and decay data, and with quark-model predictions for bare masses. In one solution the iota(1440) is primarily a glueball. This solution is preferred by the production and decay data. In the other solution the iota(1440) is a radially excited (ss-bar) state. This solution is preferred by the quark-model picture for the bare masses. We judge the weight of the combined evidence to favor the glueball interpretation

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1002-1012
ISSN
0556-2821