Triangle Singularity as the Origin of the a_{1}(1420)
Affiliations
- 1 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia.
- 2 Department of Physics, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy.
- 3 Torino Section of INFN, 10125 Torino, Italy.
- 4 CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 5 Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080, USA.
- 6 Czech Technical University in Prague, 16636 Prague, Czech Republic.
- 7 National Centre for Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
- 8 Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, I3N, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
- 9 Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
- 10 Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- 11 IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- 12 Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
- 13 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 18000 Prague, Czech Republic.
- 14 Trieste Section of INFN, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
- 15 Department of Physics, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
- 16 Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.
- 17 Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 18 Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.
- 19 Matrivani Institute of Experimental Research & Education, Calcutta-700 030, India.
- 20 State Scientific Center Institute for High Energy Physics of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 142281 Protvino, Russia.
- 21 Yamagata University, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
- 22 Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
- 23 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- 24 Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic.
- 25 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
- 26 Technical University in Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.
- 27 LIP, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.
- 28 University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
- 29 Lebedev Physical Institute, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
- 30 Nagoya University, 464 Nagoya, Japan.
- 31 School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 32 Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland.
- PMID: 34477443
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.082501
Triangle Singularity as the Origin of the a_{1}(1420)
Authors
Affiliations
- 1 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia.
- 2 Department of Physics, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy.
- 3 Torino Section of INFN, 10125 Torino, Italy.
- 4 CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
- 5 Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080, USA.
- 6 Czech Technical University in Prague, 16636 Prague, Czech Republic.
- 7 National Centre for Nuclear Research, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
- 8 Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, I3N, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
- 9 Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
- 10 Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- 11 IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- 12 Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
- 13 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 18000 Prague, Czech Republic.
- 14 Trieste Section of INFN, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
- 15 Department of Physics, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
- 16 Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.
- 17 Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
- 18 Physik Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.
- 19 Matrivani Institute of Experimental Research & Education, Calcutta-700 030, India.
- 20 State Scientific Center Institute for High Energy Physics of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 142281 Protvino, Russia.
- 21 Yamagata University, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
- 22 Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
- 23 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
- 24 Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, 61264 Brno, Czech Republic.
- 25 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
- 26 Technical University in Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.
- 27 LIP, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal.
- 28 University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan.
- 29 Lebedev Physical Institute, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
- 30 Nagoya University, 464 Nagoya, Japan.
- 31 School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 32 Institute of Radioelectronics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland.
- PMID: 34477443
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.082501
Abstract
The COMPASS Collaboration experiment recently discovered a new isovector resonancelike signal with axial-vector quantum numbers, the a_{1}(1420), decaying to f_{0}(980)π. With a mass too close to and a width smaller than the axial-vector ground state a_{1}(1260), it was immediately interpreted as a new light exotic meson, similar to the X, Y, Z states in the hidden-charm sector. We show that a resonancelike signal fully matching the experimental data is produced by the decay of the a_{1}(1260) resonance into K^{*}(→Kπ)K[over ¯] and subsequent rescattering through a triangle singularity into the coupled f_{0}(980)π channel. The amplitude for this process is calculated using a new approach based on dispersion relations. The triangle-singularity model is fitted to the partial-wave data of the COMPASS experiment. Despite having fewer parameters, this fit shows a slightly better quality than the one using a resonance hypothesis and thus eliminates the need for an additional resonance in order to describe the data. We thereby demonstrate for the first time in the light-meson sector that a resonancelike structure in the experimental data can be described by rescattering through a triangle singularity, providing evidence for a genuine three-body effect.
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Research Materials
Miscellaneous