18–20 Dec 2023
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Wave-Packet Effects: A Solution for Isospin Anomalies in Vector-Meson Decay

19 Dec 2023, 11:00
30m
Convention Center CC2 (IIT Hyderabad)

Convention Center CC2

IIT Hyderabad

Talk Plenary

Speaker

Kenji Nishiwaki (Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence)

Description

There is a long-standing anomaly in the ratio of the decay width for $\psi(3770)\to D^0\overline{D^0}$ to that for $\psi(3770)\to D^+D^-$ at the level of $9.5\,\sigma$. A similar anomaly exists for the ratio of $\phi(1020)\to K_\text{L}^0K_\text{S}^0$ to $\phi(1020)\to K^+K^-$ at $2.1\,\sigma$. In this study, we reassess the anomaly through the lens of Gaussian wave-packet formalism. Our comprehensive calculations include the localisation of the overlap of the wave packets near the mass thresholds as well as the composite nature of the initial-state vector mesons. The results align within $\sim 1 \sigma$ confidence level with the Particle Data Group's central values for a physically reasonable value of the form-factor parameter, indicating a resolution to these anomalies. We also check the deviation of a wave-packet resonance from the Briet-Wigner shape and find that wide ranges of the wave-packet size are consistent with the experimental data.

Reference publication/preprint arXiv:2308.09933 [hep-ph], Accepted for publication in EPJC
Designation Faculty
Institution Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence

Primary authors

Prof. Kenzo Ishikawa (Hokkaido University) Prof. Osamu Jinnouchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Kenji Nishiwaki (Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence) Prof. Kin-ya Oda (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University)

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