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delta (980) as a four-quark state and the radiative decays of vector and scalar mesons

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
A large phenomenological value for the decay rate GAMMA (delta ..-->.. ..gamma gamma..) contradicts the very small values obtained in a model assuming the delta (980) is a two-quark state, implying that the delta should be treated as a four-quark state. The Okuba-Zweig-Iizuka rule then gives a large ratio of the delta-rho-phi to delta-rho-..omega.. couplings which is opposite to previous estimates based on vector dominance. Previous calculations of delta radiative decays and three-body radiative decays of vector mesons are modified and new decay rates are obtained.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey 07079
OSTI ID:
6150425
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 19:11; ISSN PRVDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English