Relativistic corrections to radiative transitions in quarkonium

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6210258

McClary, R L

In this work estimates are made of (v/c/sup 2/) corrections to E1 radiative decay rates in the psi and T systems. Siegert's theorem is used to reduce the problem of finding these corrections to one of finding (v/c)/sup 2/ corrections to quarkonium bound state wavefunctions. A Breit-Fermi equation is used to describe the c anti c and b anti b systems. Numerical calculations are carried out in two potential models. Each of these potentials consists of a linear confining piece and a Coulomb-like piece which incorporates a short distance cutoff. The short distance cutoff simplifies the calculation of bound state wavefunctions. In these models the best fit to the charmonium fine structure occurs when the confining potential is assumed to be a Lorentz scalar and the Coulomb-like potential is assumed to be a Lorentz vector. Quarkonium bound state wavefunctions which include spin dependent and spin independent (v/c)/sup 2/ corrections are found by solving the Breit-Fermi equation. These wavefunctions are used to calculate quarkonium E1 decay rates. It is found that the node in the 2S radial wavefunction makes the psi' ..-->.. ..gamma.. chi/sub J/ decays sensitive to relativistic effects, especially the fine structure. In particular, the psi' ..-->.. ..gamma.. chi/sub 0/ decay rate is reduced by more than a factor of two compared to the nonrelativistic estimate. The chi/sub J/ ..-->.. ..gamma.. psi decay widths are not sensitive to relativistic effects since neither the initial nor the final c anti c radial wavefunctions have nodes. Relativistic corrections to radiative E1 decay rates in the b anti b system are generally smaller than in the c anti c system. However, estimates of some decay rates, for example those for 2 /sup 3/P/sub J/ ..-->.. ..gamma..T, are very sensitive to wavefunction corrections. These estimates differ substantially from nonrelativistic predictions.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6210258
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PSI RESONANCES
RADIATIVE DECAY
QUARKONIUM
UPSILON RESONANCES
CHARMONIUM
CONFIGURATION MIXING
E1-TRANSITIONS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PARTICLE WIDTHS
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SPIN
THEORETICAL DATA
WAVE FUNCTIONS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BOSONS
CORRECTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
FUNCTIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
MULTIPOLE TRANSITIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
RESONANCE PARTICLES
VECTOR MESONS
645202* - High Energy Physics- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical- Electromagnetic Interactions & Properties