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g_a0-rho-gamma and g_f0-rho-gamma coupling constants in three point QCD sum rules
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Submitted 6 Mar 2006 · 14 references
Pith's verdict: a0-rho-gamma looks plausible, but the f0-rho-gamma result appears to have a mixing-angle factor error that needs fixing before the numbers are used.
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The paper claims
Three-point QCD sum rules put the a0-rho-gamma coupling at 0.38-0.96 and the f0-rho-gamma coupling at 0.34-1.75.
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What carries the argument
The central object is the three-point correlation function $\Pi_{\mu\nu}(p,p')=i^2\int d^4x\,d^4y\,e^{ip'\cdot y-ip\cdot x}\langle 0|T\{J_S(y)J_\mu^{\mathrm{em}}(0)J_\nu^\rho(x)\}|0\rangle$, where $J_\mu^{\mathrm{em}}$ is the electromagnetic current and $J_S$ is the interpolating current for the scalar meson. It is evaluated twice: once in quark and gluon degrees of freedom by the operator product expansion in the fixed-point gauge, and once by saturating a double dispersion relation with the lowest scalar and vector meson states. Equating the two sides on the gauge-invariant structure $p\cdot p'\,g_{\mu\nu}-p'_\mu p_\nu$ and applying a double Borel transform gives the sum rules (Eqs. 13 and 14). The simplification that makes the calculation compact is the $m_q=0$ limit, in which the bare-loop diagram contributes nothing and only condensate operators of dimension 3 and 5 survive.
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Core claim
The central claim is that the three-point QCD sum rule for the scalar-rho-photon vertex, evaluated in the fixed-point gauge with $m_q=0$ and with the scalar currents $J_{a_0}=(u\bar u-d\bar d)/\sqrt{2}$ and $J_{f_0}=[(u\bar u+d\bar d)\cos\theta+s\bar s\sin\theta]/\sqrt{2}$, yields $g_{a_0\rho\gamma}$ in the range 0.38-0.96 and $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$ in the range 0.34-1.75 when the $f_0$ mixing angle is $\theta=30^\circ$, and in the range -3.24 to -2.97 when $\theta=-68^\circ$ instead. The spread quoted in the paper comes from varying the Borel parameter within its stability window and from the input values of the quark condensate and the rho and scalar decay constants.
Load-bearing premise
The result stands on the assumption that $f_0(980)$ is a conventional quark-antiquark state with the mixing angle taken from Ref. [14] and with the strange quark treated as massless; if the resonance is a four-quark or molecular state, the current used here does not represent it and the extracted $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$ is not the physical coupling.
Editorial extensions
If this is right
- The extracted $g_{a_0\rho\gamma}$ and $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$ ranges can be plugged into effective-Lagrangian calculations of the $a_0(980)\to\rho\gamma$ and $f_0(980)\to\rho\gamma$ branching fractions.
- The same vertex enters vector-meson photoproduction amplitudes, so the numbers provide an input for models of $\rho$ photoproduction on nucleons.
- Choosing the $f_0$ mixing angle $\theta=-68^\circ$ instead of $30^\circ$ reverses the sign of $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$, giving two scenarios with measurably different interference behavior in radiative processes.
- The $a_0$ range overlaps the earlier light-cone QCD sum-rule estimate, while the $f_0$ range at $\theta=30^\circ$ is somewhat smaller, so the two sum-rule methods still leave a method-dependent spread.
Reading between the lines
- If the $f_0(980)$ is a four-quark state or a kaon-antikaon molecule rather than a conventional quark-antiquark state, the interpolating current used here would not represent the physical resonance, and the quoted $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$ should be read as a model-dependent number rather than the physical coupling.
- The sign flip of $g_{f_0\rho\gamma}$ between the two mixing angles is a sharp observable: any experiment sensitive to the interference between $f_0$ and continuum rho-gamma production could distinguish the two scenarios.
- The same three-point correlator can be adapted to scalar-omega-gamma or scalar-phi-gamma vertices, where only the charge factors and quark-flavor content of the currents change, providing a natural next test of the approximation.
Original abstract
The coupling constant of a0-->rho-gamma and f0-->rho-gamma decays are calculated using 3-point sum rule. We estimate the coupling constant g_a0-rho-gamma and g_f0-rho-gamma which are an essential ingredient in the analysis of physical processes involving isoscalar f0(980) and isovector a0(980) mesons.
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The coupling constant of a0-->rho-gamma and f0-->rho-gamma decays are calculated using 3-point sum rule. We estimate the coupling constant g_a0-rho-gamma and g_f0-rho-gamma which are an essential ingredient in the analysis of physical processes involving isoscalar f0(980) and isovector a0(980) mesons.
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| s0 | The coupling constant of a0-->rho-gamma and f0-->rho-gamma decays are calculated using 3-point sum rule. | contribution 0.78 | 0.92 | 0.47 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | We estimate the coupling constant g_a0-rho-gamma and g_f0-rho-gamma which are an essential ingredient in the analysis of physical processes involving isoscalar f0(980) and isovector a0(980) mesons. | contribution 0.63 | 0.88 | 0.33 | asserted 0.84 |
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