A coupled-channel lattice study of the resonance-like structure

In this exploratory study, near-threshold scattering of D and ■ meson is investigated using lattice QCD with N f = 2 + 1 + 1 twisted mass fermion configurations. The calculation is performed in the coupled-channel Lüscher finite-size formalism. The study focuses on the channel with I~G(J~(PC)) = 1~+(1~(+-)) where the resonance-like structure Z_c(3900) was discovered. We first identify the two most relevant channels and the lattice study is performed in the two-channel scattering model. Combined with the two-channel Ross-Shaw theory, scattering parameters are extracted from the energy levels by solving the generalized eigenvalue problem. Our results for the scattering length parameters suggest that for the particular lattice parameters that we studied, the best fit parameters do not correspond to the peak in the elastic scattering cross-section near the threshold. Furthermore, in the zero-range Ross-Shaw theory,the scenario of a narrow resonance close to the threshold is disfavored beyond the 3σ level.     

Pion properties at finite isospin chemical potential with isospin symmetry breaking

Pion properties at finite temperature, finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials are investigated within the SU(2) NJL model. In the mean field approximation for quarks and random phase approximation fpr mesons, we calculate the pion mass, the decay constant and the phase diagram with different quark masses for the u quark and d quark, related to QCD corrections, for the first time. Our results show an asymmetry between μI 0 and μI 0 in the phase diagram, and different values for the charged pion mass(or decay constant) and neutral pion mass(or decay constant) at finite temperature and finite isospin chemical potential. This is caused by the effect of isospin symmetry breaking, which is from different quark masses.     

Preliminary Lattice Study of I=0 KK Scattering

We deliver the realistic ab initio lattice investigations of KK^- scattering. In the Asqtad-improved staggered dynamical fermion formulation, we carefully measure KK^- four-point function in the I=0 channel by moving wall sources without gauge fixing, and clearly find an attractive interaction in this channel, which is in agreement with the theoretical predictions. An essential ingredient in our lattice calculation is to properly treat the disconnected diagram. Moreover, we explain the difficulties of these lattice calculations, and discuss the way to improve the statistics. Our lattice investigations are carried out with the MILC 2 ＋ 1 gauge configuration at lattice spacing a ≈ 0.15 fro.     

η-nucleus bound states in nuclei

The binding energies η and widths Γη of η-mesic nuclei are calculated.We parameterize the η self-energy in the nuclear medium as a function of energy and density.We find that the single-particle energies are sensitive to the scattering length,and increase monotonically with the nucleus.The key point for the study of η-nucleus bound states is the η-nuclear optical potential.We study the s-wave interactions of η mesons in a nuclear medium and obtain the optical potential Uη≈ -72 MeV.Comparing our results with the previous results,we find that the ηN scattering length aηN is indeed important to the calculations.With increasing nuclear density the effective mass of the η meson decreases.     

η-nucleus bound states in nuclei

The binding energies εη and widths Гη of wmesic nuclei are calculated. We parameterize the η self-energy in the nuclear medium as a function of energy and density. We find that the single-particle energies are sensitive to the scattering length, and increase monotonically with the nucleus. The key point for the study of η-nucleus bound states is the η-nuclear optical potential. We study the s-wave interactions of η mesons in a nuclear medium and obtain the optical potential Uη ≈ -72 MeV. Comparing our results with the previous results, we find that the ηN scattering length aηN is indeed important to the calculations. With increasing nuclear density the effective mass of the η meson decreases.     

QCD phase diagram at finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials with the self-consistent mean field approximation

The self-consistent mean field approximation of the two-flavor NJL model,with a free parameter a to reflect the competition between the "direct" channel and the "exchange" channel,is employed to study the QCD phase structure at finite iso spin chemical potential μ_I,finite bary on chemical potential μ_B and finite temperature T,and especially to study the location of the QCD critical point.Our results show that in order to match the corresponding lattice results of iso spin density and energy density,the contributions of the "exchange" channel need to be considered in the framework of the NJL model,and a weighting factor α=0.5 should be taken.It is also found that for fixed isospin chemical potentials,the lower temperature of the phase transition is obtained with increasing a in the T-μ_I plane,and the largest difference of the phase transition temperature with different a's appears at μ_I~1.5 mπ.At μ_I=0 the temperature of the QCD critical end point(CEP) decreases with increasing a,while the critical baryon chemical potential increases.At high isospin chemical potential(μ_I=500 MeV),the temperature of the QCD tricritical point(TCP) increases with increasing a,and in the low temperature regions the system will transition from the pion superfluidity phase to the normal phase as μ_B increases.At low density,the critical temperature of the QCD phase transition with different a's rapidly increases with μ_I at the beginning,and then increases smoothly around μ_I 300 MeV.In the high baryon density region,the increase of the iso spin chemical potential will raise the critical baryon chemical potential of the phase transition.     

Pseudoscalar meson and baryon octet interaction with strangeness zero in the unitary coupled-channel approximation

The interaction of the pseudoscalar meson and the baryon octet is investigated by solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation in the unitary coupled-channel approximation. In addition to the Weinberg-Tomozawa term, the contribution of the s-and u-channel potentials in the-wave approximation are taken into account. In the sector of isospin I=1/2 and strangeness S =0, a pole is detected in a reasonable region of the complex energy plane of ■ in the center-of-mass frame by analyzing the behavior of the scattering amplitude, which is higher than the ηN threshold and lies on the third Riemann sheet. Thus, it can be regarded as a resonance state and might correspond to the N(1535) particle of the Particle Data Group(PDG) review. The coupling constants of this resonance state to the πN,ηN,KΛ and KΣ channels are calculated, and it is found that this resonance state couples strongly to the hidden strange channels. Apparently, the hidden strange channels play an important role in the generation of resonance states with strangeness zero. The interaction of the pseudoscalar meson and the baryon octet is repulsive in the sector of isospin I = 3/2 and strangeness S = 0, so that no resonance state can be generated dynamically.     

Scalar meson spectroscopy with a fine lattice

With sufficiently light u and d quarks the isovector (a₀) and isosinglet (f₀) scalar meson propagators are dominated at large distances by two-meson states. In the staggered fermion formulation of lattice QCD, taste-symmetry breaking causes a proliferation of multihadron states that complicates the analysis of these channels. Of special interest is the bubble contribution, which makes a considerable contribution to these channels. Using numerical simulation we have measured the correlators for both a₀ and f₀ channels in the “Asqtad” improved staggered fermion formulation in a MILC fine (a=0.09 fm) lattice ensemble. We analyze those correlators using rooted staggered chiral perturbation theory (rSχPT) and achieve chiral couplings that are well consistent with previous determinations.     

Monte Carlo study for γ+N→π+N at a new compound target

An inbuilt compound target composed of carbon and tungsten is designed,and optimized by realistic GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulation.Also,we do a Monte Carlo study for single-pion photoproduction at the target.The results are presented from the simulation of pion yield,angular distribution and spectrum (at θ1ab,θcm=41°).These efforts are important to the coming measurement of the differential cross section for γ+N→π+N.     

A Lattice Study of the Glueball Spectrum

Glueball Spectrum is studied using an improved gluonic action on asymmetric lattices in the pure SU(3) gauge theory.The smallest spatial lattice spacing is about 0.08 fm which makes the extrapolation to the continuum limit more reliable.In particular.attention is paid to the scalar glueball mass which is known to have problems in the extrapolation.Converting our lattice results to physical units using the scale set by the static quark potential,we obtain the following results for the glueball masses:MG(0 )=1730(90)MeV for the scalar glueball mass and MG(2 )=2400(95)MeV for the tensor glueball.     

The Role of a1(1260) in π-p→a1-(1260)p and π-p→π-ρ0p Reactions Near Threshold

We report on a theoretical study of the π^-p→a₁^-(1260) p and π^-p→π^-ρ⁰p reactions near threshold within an effective Lagrangian approach. The production process is described by t-channel ρ⁰ meson exchange. For the π^-p→π^-ρ⁰p reaction, the final π^-ρ⁰ results from the decay of the a₁(1260) resonance, which is assumed as a dynamically generated state from the K^*K and ρπ coupled channel interactions. We calculate the total cross section of the π^-p→a₁^-(1260)p reaction. It is shown that, with the coupling constant of the a₁(1260) to ρπ channel obtained from the chiral unitary theory and a cut off parameter Λρ~1.5 GeV in the form factors, the experimental measurement can be reproduced. Furthermore, the total and differential cross sections of π^-p→a₁^-(1260)p→π^-ρ⁰p reaction are evaluated, and it is expected that our model calculations can be tested by future experiments. These reactions are important for the study of the a₁(1260) resonance and would provide further constraints on the properties of the a₁(1260) state.     

Pole Analysis on Unitarized SU(3)× SU(3) One Loop χPT Amplitudes

We analyze ππ-KK and πη-KK couple channel [1,1] matrix Padé amplitudes of SU(3)× SU(3) chiral perturbation theory. By fitting phase shift and inelasticity data, we determine pole positions in different channels (f₀(980), a₀(980), f₀(600), K₀^*(800), K^*(892), ρ(770)) and trace their N_c trajectories. We stress that a couple channel Breit-Wigner resonance should exhibit two poles on different Riemann sheets and meet each other on the real axis when N_c=∞. Poles are hence classified using this criteria and we conclude that K^*(892) and ρ(770) are unambiguous Breit-Wigner resonances. For scalars the situation is much less clear. We find that f₀(980) is a molecular state rather than a Breit-Wigner resonance, while a₀(980), though behave oddly when varying N_c, do maintain a twin pole structure.     

The Three-Pion Decays of the a1(1260)

We investigate the decay of a₁⁺ (1260)→π⁺π⁺π^- with the assumption that the a₁(1260) is dynamically generated from the coupled channel ρπ and KK^* interactions. In addition to the tree level diagrams that proceed via a₁⁺ (1260)→ρ⁰π⁺→π⁺π⁺π^-, we take into account also the final state interactions of ππ→ππ and KK→ππ. We calculate the invariant π⁺π^- mass distribution and also the total decay width of a₁⁺ (1260)→π⁺π⁺π^- as a function of the mass of a₁(1260). The calculated total decay width of a₁(1260) is significantly different from other model calculations and tied to the dynamical nature of the a₁(1260) resonance. The future experimental observations could test of model calculations and would provide vary valuable information on the relevance of the ρπ component in the a₁(1260) wave function.     

THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ISOSPIN VIOLATING HADRONIC TRANSITIONS Ψ'→Ψ(11P1)+π° AND T"→T(11P1)+π°

The isospin violating processes Ψ'→Ψ(1¹P₁)+π° and T"→T(1¹P₁)+π° are investigated in the framework of the multipole expansion in quantum chromodynamics. Using the rate of Ψ'→Ψ+π° as an input to determine the isospin violating vertex, we obtain the following branching ratios for the processes BR(Ψ'→Ψ(1¹P₁)+π°)～10^-6-10^-5, BR(T"→T(1¹P₁)+π°)～10^-5-10^-3 for M₁1_p1=1/9(5M₁3_p2+3M₁3_p1+M₁3_p0). These are too small to be detected in the present experiments.     

Rigorous pion-pion scattering lengths from threshold πN → ππN data

A new evaluation of the universal ππ scattering length relation is used to extract the ππ s-wave scattering lengths from threshold pion production data. Previous work has shown that the chiral perturbation series relating threshold pion production to ππ scattering lengths appears to converge well only for the isospin-2 case, giving a₂ = −0.031 ± 0.007m_π⁻¹. A model-independent and data-insensitive universal curve then implies a₀ = 0.235 ± 0.03m_π⁻¹ for the isospin-0 scattering length.     

Parameterization of Nuclear Hulthén Potential for Nucleus-Nucleus Elastic Scattering

In contrast to Gaussian or Woods-Saxon potential a two-term four parameter nuclear Hulth′en type interaction is considered to describe the α-α, α-~3He and α-~3H systems. By exploiting the phase function method, scattering phase shifts are computed up to ELab = 100 MeV for the α-α system and ELab = 15 Me V for α-~3He and α-~3H systems.The S-wave phase shift δ_0 for the α-α system tends to 2π and δ_(3/2)-for the α-~3He system tends to π, in the limit of zero energy. Reasonable agreements in phase shifts with the standard data are obtained with this simple potential model except for the 5/2~- states of α-~3He and α-~3H systems. With an additional energy-dependent correction factor to our potential, a good agreement with experimental data is obtained for 5/2~- states. We have also compared our results with the convenient Born approximations.     

Pion-He scattering length

We present relativistic three-body calculations for the real part of the π-⁴He scattering length Re a. Nucleon binding, exclusion principle and Fermi motion are all included in a very careful manner. Because of our careful evaluation of the single-scattering process the remaining discrepancies with the experimental data can be attributed to higher-order mechanisms involving more than one nucleon. In particular for the πA S-wave interaction at threshold, one expects that these higher-order contributions arise largely from the absorption effect. We have performed our calculations for four current models of the input πN t-matrix. Using a πN t-matrix which reproduces the low energy πN phase shifts correctly leads to Re a_abs -Im a_abs, if we attribute the discrepancy of the calculated value with the accurately determined empirical value of Re a to pion absorption. We determine the strength parameter B₀ in a p² optical potential term from an adjustment to the π-⁴He scattering length. Finally some cross sections are calculated for T^lab_π = 10 MeV and T^lab_π = 15 MeV.     

B→a0(1450)ρ(ω) Decays in Perturbative QCD Approach

In the two-quark model supposition for the meson a₀(1450), which can be viewed as either the first excited state (scenario I) or the lowest lying state (scenario II), the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays B→ a₀(1450)ρ(ω) are studied by employing the perturbative QCD factorization approach. We find the following results: (a) For the decays B^- → a⁰₀(1450)ρ^- and \bar{B}⁰ → a⁺₀(1450)ρ^-, their branching ratios have large
difference between two scenarios. Although their branching ratios are larger than other considered decay modes, their direct CP-violatingasymmetries in both scenarios are small. (b) For the decays B^-→ a^-₀(1450)ρ⁰ and \bar{B}⁰→ a^-₀(1450)ρ⁺, a⁰₀(1450)ρ⁰, a⁰₀(1450)ω, their branching ratios are close to each other between two scenarios, respectively. (c) Comparing with the decays \bar{B}⁰ →π⁰ρ⁰,π⁰π⁰, the decay \bar{B}⁰→ a⁰₀(1450)ρ⁰ receives a
larger branching ratio in each scenario, which is sensitive to the variation of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angleα.     

Gluonia and Charmonium Decays

We discuss the search for a 1^-- gluonium state, 0, in connection with a possible solution for the so-called ρπ, K^*K puzzle in the J/φ and φ' decays. Some issues are examined. In particular, we argue that the expected most favorable process φ → ππO can have an appreciable branching ratio (say 10^-3 ~ 10^-4) only if the O has a very narrow partial decay width to ρπ (say 1 ~ 10 MeV). For the 0^-+ system we deduce a relation that BR(η'_c → h) ≈ BR (η_c → h), where h denotes an exclusive light hadronic channel. This relation may be useful for the experimental search of the yet to be confirmed q: state, for which the branching ratios of φ' → η'_c → γKKπ, γηππ, γη'ππ are estimated to be about 1 × 10^-4 if the mass of η'_c is around 3600 MeV, and this relation may also serve as a criterion to determine whether there exist anomalous decays in the η_c and η'_c system, in particular in the VV decay channels, which might be related to the 0^-+ glueball-charmonium mixing. We emphasize that the bigluonium and the trigluonium may have very different effects on these decays.     

COHERENT π0 PHOTOPRODUCTION IN THE QUASI-Δ33 DOORWAY STATE MODEL

The quasi-Δ, doorway state model, previously developed to describe pion-nucleus scattering, ^[1] is applied to the study of cohe-rent π photoproduction on nuclei.The unifying features of this approach for pion elastic scattering and photoproduction are briefly discussed. The relationship to W. Weise's isobar-hole model calculation and plane wave impulse approximation calculations are examined. The results are presented for ¹⁶O(γ, π⁰)¹⁶O and ¹²C(γ, π⁰)¹²C, and compared with the available experimental data. It has a large suppression of cross section from the impulse approximation prediction.