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Jialiang Lu, Xuan Luo, Mao Song and Gang Li. Triangle mechanism in the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(980)(a0(980))[J]. Chinese Physics C. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/accf6d
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Triangle mechanism in the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(980)(a0(980))

  • School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Abstract: The role of the triangle mechanism in the decay processes B0J/ψK0f0J/ψK0π+π and B0J/ψK0a0J/ψK0π0η is probed. In these processes, the triangle singularity appears from the decay of B0 into J/ψϕK0, and then, ϕ decays into K0¯K0 and K0¯K0 merged into f0 or a0, which finally decay into π+π and π0η, respectively. We find that this mechanism leads to a triangle singularity around Minv(K0f0(a0))1520 MeV and gives sizable branching fractions Br(B0J/ψK0f0J/ψK0π+π)=7.67×107 and Br(B0J/ψK0a0J/ψK0π0η)=1.42×107. This investigation can help us obtain the information of the scalar meson f0(980) or a0(980).

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    I.   INTRODUCTION
    • The dynamics of the strong interaction are described by quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and hadron spectroscopy is a method of studying QCD; meanwhile, hadron spectroscopy is the basic theory of the strong interaction. Understanding the spectrum of hadron resonances [1] and establishing a connection with the QCD is one of the important goals of hadron physics. The conventional quark models in the low-lying hadron spectrum successfully explain that a baryon is a complex of three quarks, and a meson is a combination of a quark and an antiquark [2, 3]. However, even if the model provides a large amount of data about the meson and baryon resonances [24], we cannot rule out other more exotic components, especially considering that the QCD Lagrangian includes not only quarks but also gluons. This leads to other configurations of color singlets, such as glueballs made purely of gluons, mixed states made of quark and gluon excitations, and multiquarks. There is also the possibility of more quark states in a hadron, such as qqˉqˉq and qqˉqqq, which are mentioned in Ref. [5]. To quantitatively understand the QCD of quarks and gluons, over the years, numerous related experiments have been conducted in search of evidence for these exotic components in the mesonic and baryonic spectrum [610].

      The triangle singularity (TS) was discussed in Ref. [11], and Landau has systematized it in Ref. [12]. The TS was fashionable in the 1960s [1316]. In addition to ordinary hadronic, molecular, or multiquarks states, TSs can produce peaks, but these peaks are produced by kinematic effects. The Coleman-Norton theorem [17] states that the Feynman amplitude has a singularity on the physical boundary as time moves forward if the decay process can be interpreted as taking place during the conservation of energy and momentum in space-time, and all internal particles really exist on the shell. In the process of particle 1 decaying into particles 2 and 3, particle 1 first decays into particles A and B, then A decays into particles 2 and C, and finally particles B and C fuse into an external particle 3. Particles A, B, and C are intermediate particles, and if the momenta of these intermediate particles can take on-shell values, a singularity will occur. A simpler and more practical way to understand this process was proposed in Ref. [18]; this method does not compute the entire amplitude of the Feynman diagram including the triangle loop. The condition for producing a TS is qon+=qa, as given by Eq. (18) in Ref. [18], where qon represents the on-shell momentum of particle A or B in the rest system of particle 1, and qa defines one of the two solutions to the momentum of particle B when B and C produce particle 3 on the shell. Since the process of the triangle mechanism involves the fusion of hadrons, the presence of hadronic molecular states plays an important role in having measurable strength. Therefore, the study of singularity is also a useful tool to study the molecular states of hadrons.

      The isospin violation in production of the f0(980) or a0(980) resonance generation and its mixing have long been controversial. We have to give up the idea of trying to establish a "f0a0 mixing parameter" from different reactions, because it was shown that the isospin violation depends significantly on the reaction [1922]. The spark was raised by the puzzle of the anomalously large isospin violation in the η(1450)π0f0(980) decay [23], which was due to a TS and was explained in Refs. [21, 22]. From the point of view of the f0(980) and a0(980) themselves, the above reaction is very enlightening. These resonances are produced by the rescattering of KˉK, i.e., the mechanism for the formation of these resonances in the chiral unitary approach [2427]. In addition, there are numerous processes with the same mechanism, such as the process τντπf0(a0) [28], the process B0sJ/ψπ0f0(a0) [29], the process D+sπ+π0f0(a0) [30], and the process BD0πf0(a0) [31], and the same TS was shown in Refs. [32, 33] to provide a plausible explanation for the peak observed in the πf0(980) final state. It is easy to envisage many reactions of this type [34], and this inspires us to find more processes like this type and search for TS enhanced isospin-violating reactions producing the f0(980) or a0(980) resonances [35].

      In the present study, we investigate the reactions B0J/ψK0f0(980) and B0J/ψK0a0(980); both decay modes are allowed. The process followed by the ϕ decay into K0ˉK0 and K0ˉK0 fuse into f0(a0) to generate a singularity, and the TS in this process contains relevant information concerning the nature of the f0(980) and a0(980) resonances. We show that it develops a TS at an invariant mass Minv(K0R)1520 MeV. Meanwhile, we can obtain d2Γ/[dMinv(K0f0)dMinv(π+π)] or d2Γ/[dMinv(K0a0)dMinv(π0η)], which show the shapes of the f0(980) and a0(980) resonances in the π+π or π0η mass distributions, respectively. We can restrict the integral in Minv(π+π) or Minv(π0η) to this region when calculating the mass distribution d2Γ/[dMinv(K0f0)dMinv(π+π)] or d2Γ/[dMinv(K0a0)dMinv(π0η)]. Then, we integrate over the π+π or π0η invariant masses and obtain a clear peak around Minv(K0R)1520 MeV. The further integration over Minv(K0R) provides us branching ratios for B0J/ψK0π+πB0J/ψK0π0η, and we find that the mass distribution of these decay processes shows a peak associated with TS. In addition, the corresponding decay branching ratio is obtained, and we obtain the branching fractions Br(B0J/ψK0f0(a0))=1.007×105, Br(B0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+π)=1.38×106, and Br(B0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0η)=2.56×107. In any case, the main aim of the present work is to point out the presence of the TS in this reaction. This work provides one more measurable example of a TS, which has been quite sparse up to now. The singularity generated by this process can also play an early warning role for future experiments.

    II.   FRAMEWORK
    • We plot the Feynman digrams of the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(a0)(980) involving a triangle loop in Figs. 1 and 2. We observe that particle B0 first decays into particles J/ψ,ϕ,K0, and then, particle ϕ decays intoK0 and ˉK0; then, K0 and ˉK0 fuse into f0(a0), and eventually f0(a0) decays into π+π(π0η).

      Figure 1.  Feynman diagrams of the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+π involving a triangle loop.

      Figure 2.  Feynman diagrams of the decay process B0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0η involving a triangle loop.

      We take Fig. 1 for example to perform the following discussion, since Figs. 1 and 2 have nearly the same amplitude. Now, we want to find the position of TS in the complex-q plane, instead of evaluating the whole amplitude of a Feynman diagram including the triangle loop. Analogously to Refs. [18, 36, 37], we can use

      qon+=qa,

      (1)

      where qon+ represents the on shell momentum of the ϕ in the center of mass frame of ϕK0. Meanwhile, qa can be obtained by analyzing the singularity structure of the triangle loop; qa represents the on-shell K0 momentum in the loop, antiparallel to the ϕ. qon+ and qa are given by

      qon+=λ12(s,M2ϕ,M2K0)2s,qa=γ(vEK0pK0)iϵ,

      (2)

      where s denotes the squared invariant mass of ϕ and K0, and λ(x,y,z)=x2+y2+z22xy2yz2xz is the Kählen function, with definitions

       v=kEf0, γ=11v2=Ef0mf0,EK0=m2K+1+m2K0m2ˉK02mf0,pK0=λ12(m2f0,m2K0,m2ˉK0)2mf0.

      (3)

      It is easy to realize that EK0 and pK0 are the energy and momentum of K0 in the center of mass frame of the ϕK0 system, and v and γ are the velocity of the f0 and Lorentz boost factor. In addition, we can easily obtain

      Ef0=s+m2f0m2ˉK02s,k=λ12(s,m2f0,m2ˉK0)2s.

      (4)

      The three intermediate particles must be on the shell. We let the mass of f0 be slightly larger than the sum of the masses of K0 and ˉK0; now, we can determine that the mass of K0 is 497.61 MeV, the mass of f0 is slightly larger than the sum of the masses of K0 and ˉK0, and the mass of f0 is 991 MeV; additionally, we can find a TS at approximatelys=1520 MeV. If we use in Eq. (1) complex masses (MiΓ/2) of mesons that include widths of K0 and ˉK0, the solution of Eq. (1) is then (152010i) MeV. This solution implies that the TS has a "width" of 20 MeV.

    • A.   Decay process B0J/ψϕK0

    • Here, we only focus on the B0J/ψϕK0 process. The decay branching ratio has been experimentally measured to be [38]

      Br(B0J/ψϕK0)=(4.9±1.0)×105.

      (5)

      The differential decay width over the invariant mass distribution J/ψϕ can be written as

      ΓB0J/ψϕK0Minv(J/ψϕ)=1(2π)3˜pϕpK04M2B0¯|tB0J/ψϕK0|2,

      (6)

      here, ˜pϕ represents the momentum of the K0 in the ϕK0 rest frame, and pK0 represents the momentum of the K0 in the B0 rest frame:

      ˜pϕ=λ12(Minv(J/ψϕ)2,m2J/ψ,m2ϕ)2Minv(J/ψϕ),

      (7)

      pK0=λ12(M2B0,m2K0,Minv(J/ψϕ)2)2MB0.

      (8)

      We use the polarization summation formula

      pol=ϵμ(p)ϵν(p)=gμν+pμpνm2,

      (9)

      and we have

      ¯pol|tB0J/ψϕK0|2=C2(gμν+pμJ/ψpνJ/ψm2J/ψ)(gμν+pμϕpνϕm2ϕ)=C2(2+(pJ/ψpϕ)2m2J/ψm2ϕ),

      (10)

      where

      pϕpJ/ψ=12(Minv(J/ψϕ)2m2J/ψm2ϕ),

      (11)

      1ΓB0=Br(B0J/ψϕK0)dΓB0dMinv(J/ψϕ)dMinv(J/ψϕ).

      (12)

      Then, we can determine the value of the constant C

      C2ΓB0=Br(B0J/ψϕK0)dMinv(J/ψϕ)1(2π)3˜pϕpK04M2B0(2+(pJ/ψpϕ)2m2J/ψm2ϕ),

      (13)

      where the integration is performed from Minv(J/ψϕ)min=mJ/ψ+mϕ to Minv(J/ψϕ)max=MB0mK0.

    • B.   Triangle mechanism in decay B0J/ψK0f0(980), f0(980)π+π

    • In the previous subsection, we calculated the transition strength of the decay process B0J/ψϕK0. Now, we calculate the contribution of the vertex ϕK0ˉK0. We can obtain this VPP vertex from the chiral invariant Lagrangian with local hidden symmetry given in Refs. [3942]:

      LVPP=igVμ[P,μP],

      (14)

      where denotes the trace of the flavor SU(3) matrices, and g represents the coupling in the local hidden gauge.

      g=MV2fπ,MV=800 MeV,fπ=93 MeV.

      (15)

      The V and P in Eq. (14) are the vector meson matrix and pseudoscalar meson matrix in the SU(3) group, respectively, which are given by

      P=(π02+η3+η6π+K+ππ02+η3+η6K0KˉK0η3+23η),V=(ρ02+ω2ρ+K+ρρ02+ω2K0KˉK0ϕ).

      (16)

      Now, we can write the invariant mass distribution Minv(K0f0(a0)) in the decay B0J/ψK0f0 as

      dΓB0J/ψK0f0(a0)dMinv(K0f0(a0))=1(2π)314M2B0pJ/ψ˜pK0¯|t|2,

      (17)

      We take the first diagram of Fig. 1 and the B0J/ψK0f0 decay as an example and write down its amplitude as follows:

      t=Cd3q(2π)318ωK0ωϕωK01k0ωK0ωϕ×1Minv(K0f0)+ωK0+ωK0k0×1Minv(K0f0)ωK0ωK0k0+iΓK02×[2Minv(K0f0)ωK0+2k0ωK0Minv(K0f0)ωϕωK0+iΓϕ2+iΓK022(ωK0+ωK0)(ωK0+ωK0+ωϕ)Minv(K0f0)ωϕωK0+iΓϕ2+iΓK02]×ggK0ˉK0f0pJ/ψ˜pK0(2+qkk2),

      (18)

      where

      ωK0=((Pqk)2+m2K0)12,

      ωϕ=((Pq)2+m2ϕ)12,ωK0=(q2+m2K0)12,k0=M2inv(K0f0)+m2K0m2f02Minv(K0f0),|k|=λ12(M2inv(K0f0),m2K0,m2f0)2Minv(K0f0).

      (19)

      The f0K0ˉK0 and a0K0ˉK0 vertices are obtained from the chiral unitary approach of Ref. [24] with gK0ˉK0f0=2567 MeV and gK0ˉK0a0=3875 MeV. pJ/ψ represents the momentum of the J/ψ in the B0 rest frame, and ˜pK0=|k| represents the momentum of the K0 in the K0f0(980) rest frame, where

      pJ/ψ=λ12(M2B0,m2J/ψ,M2inv(K0f0))2MB0,

      (20)

      ˜pK0=λ12(M2inv(K0f0),m2K0,m2f0)2Minv(K0f0),

      (21)

      here, tT represents the loop amplitude:

      tT=d3q(2π)318ωK0ωϕωK01k0ωK0ωϕ×1Minv(K0f0)+ωK0+ωK0k0×1Minv(K0f0)ωK0ωK0k0+iΓK02×[2Minv(K0f0)ωK0+2k0ωK0Minv(K0f0)ωϕωK0+iΓϕ2+iΓK022(ωK0+ωK0)(ωK0+ωK0+ωϕ)Minv(K0f0)ωϕωK0+iΓϕ2+iΓK02](2+qkk2).

      (22)

      We have

      1ΓB0dΓB0J/ψK0f0dMinv(K0f0)=1(2π)314MB0pJ/ψ˜pK0C2ΓB0g2g2K0ˉK0f0|k|2|tT|2=1(2π)314MB0pJ/ψ˜p3K0C2ΓB0g2g2K0ˉK0f0|tT|2.

      (23)

      The case for a0 production is identical, except that gK0ˉK0f0 is replaced with gK0ˉK0a0.

      The K0ˉK0π+π and K0ˉK0π0η scattering was studied in detail in Refs. [43, 44] within the chiral unitary approach, where six channels were taken into account, including π+π, π0π0, K+K, K0ˉK0, ηη, and π0η. In the present study, we use this as input, and we shall see simultaneously both the f0(980) (with I = 0) and a0(980) (with I = 1) productions. Now, we can write the double differential mass distribution for the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+π.

      For the case of f0(980), we only have the decay f0π+π; thus,

      d2ΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+πdMinv(K0f0)dMinv(π+π)=1(2π)514M2B0pJ/ψ˜p3K0˜pπ+¯|t|2,

      (24)

      where pJ/ψ represents the momentum of the J/ψ in the B0 rest frame, ˜pK0 represents the momentum of the K0 in the K0f0(980) rest frame, and ˜pπ represents the momentum of the π in the π+π rest frame:

      pJ/ψ=λ12(M2B0,m2J/ψ,M2inv(K0f0))2MB0,˜pK0=λ12(M2inv(K0f0),m2K0,M2inv(π+π))2Minv(K0f0),˜pπ=λ12(M2inv(π+π),m2π+,m2π)2Minv(π+π).

      (25)

      We can obtain the amplitude of B0J/ψK0f0J/ψK0π+π:

      ¯|t|2=C2g2|tK0ˉK0,π+π|2|tT|2,

      (26)

      where

      t=[1VG]1V,

      (27)

      and the V matrix is taken from Ref. [24]. Then, we obtain the double differential branching ratio of the B0J/ψK0f0J/ψK0π+π reaction:

      1Γd2ΓB0J/ψK0f0J/ψK0π+πdM(K0f0)dMinv(π+π)=C2ΓB01(2π)514M2B0pJ/ψ˜p3K0˜pπ×g2|tK0ˉK0,π+π|2|tT|2.

      (28)

      The case for a0 production is identical, except that tK0ˉK0,π+π is replaced with tK0ˉK0,π0η.

    III.   RESULTS
    • Let us begin by showing in Fig. 3 the contribution of the triangle loop to the total amplitude and the triangle loop defined in Eq. (22). In order to satisfy the TS condition of Eq. (1), all intermediate particles must be on the shell; thus, the mass sum of K0ˉK0 must be smaller than that of f0(a0). If the mass of f0(a0) is too large, Eq. (1) will not be satisfied. There is hence a very narrow window of f0(a0) masses where the TS condition is exactly fulfilled, i.e., 995 to 999 MeV. The magnitude depends on the f0(a0) mass; it is independent of whether we have f0 or a0, since the different couplings to K0ˉK0 have been factorized out of the integral of tT. From the perspective of the above considerations, we plot the real and imaginary parts of tT, as well as the absolute value with Minv(R) fixed at 986, 991, and 996 MeV. We can see that the bottom one has a clear peak, because 996 MeV is in the energy window. It can be observed that Re(tT) has a peak around 1518 MeV, Im(tT) has a peak around 1529 MeV, and there is a peak for |tT| around 1520 MeV. As discussed in Refs. [45, 46], the peak of the imginary part is related to the TSs, while that of the real part is related to the K0ϕ threshold. |tT|=Re2(tT)+Im2(tT) is between Re(tT) and Im(tT). Note that, at approximately 1520 MeV and above, the TS dominates the reaction.

      Figure 3.  (color online) Triangle amplitude tT, as a function of Minv(K0f0/K0a0) for (a) mf0(a0)= 986 MeV, (b) mf0(a0)= 991 MeV, and (c) mf0(a0)= 996 MeV. |tT|, Re(tT), and Im(tT) are plotted using green, orange, and blue curves, respectively.

      Next, we show 1ΓJ/ψdΓB0J/ψK0f0(a0)dMinv(K0f0/K0a0). In Fig. 4, we plot Eq. (23) for the decay process B0J/ψK0f0(a0), and we see a peak around 1520 MeV. We can obtain the branching ratio of the 3-body decay process when we integrate over Minv(K0R),

      Figure 4.  (color online) Differential branching ratio 1ΓB0dΓB0J/ψK0f0dMinv(K0f0) described in Eq. (23) as a function of Minv(K0f0/K0a0)

      Br(B0J/ψK0f0(a0))=2.45×106.

      (29)

      In the upper panel of Fig. 5, we plot Eq. (24) for the B0J/ψK0π+π decay, and similarly, in the lower panel of Fig. 5, we plot it for the B0J/ψK0π0η decay as a function of Minv(R). In both figures, we fix Minv(K0R) = 1500, 1520, and 1540 MeV and vary Minv(R). We can see that the distribution with the highest strength is near Minv(K0R) = 1520 MeV. We also observe a strong peak when Minv(π+π) is around 980 MeV in the upper panel of Fig. 5. Similar results are shown in the lower panel of Fig. 5. We see that most of the contribution to the width Γ comes from Minv(K0R)=MR, and we have strong contributions for Minv(π+π) [500 MeV, 990 MeV] and Minv(π0η) [800 MeV, 990 MeV]. Therefore, when we calculate the mass distribution dΓdMinv(K0R), we restrict the integral to the limits already mentioned and perform the integration.

      Figure 5.  (color online) (a) d2ΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)π+πdMinv(K0f0)dMinv(π+π) as a function of Minv(π+π). (b) d2ΓB0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0ηdMinv(K0a0)dMinv(π0η) as a function of Minv(π0η). The blue, orange, and green curves are obtained by setting Minv(K0f0)=1500, 1520, and 1540 MeV, respectively.

      1ΓB0dΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+πdMinv(K0f0)=1ΓJ/ψ990MeV500MeVdMinv(π+π)×d2ΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+πdMinv(K0f0)dMinv(π+π),

      (30)

      1ΓB0dΓB0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0ηdMinv(K0a0)=1ΓJ/ψ990MeV800MeVdMinv(π0η)×d2ΓB0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0ηdMinv(K0a0)dMinv(π0η).

      (31)

      We show Eq. (24) for both B0J/ψK0π+π and B0J/ψK0π0η. When we integrate over Minv(R), we obtain dΓdMinv(K0R), which we show in Fig. 6. We see a clear peak of the distribution around 1520 MeV, for f0 and a0 production. At the same time, we observe that the peak of Minv(K0a0) is significantly lower than the peak of Minv(K0f0).

      Figure 6.  (color online) (a) Differential branching ratio dΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+πdMinv(K0f0). (b) Branching ratio dΓB0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+πdMinv(K0a0) described in Eq. (24) as a function of Minv(K0f0/K0a0)

      By integrating dΓdMinv(K0f0) and dΓdMinv(K0a0) over the Minv(K0f0)(Minv(K0a0)) masses in Fig. 6, we obtain the branching fractions:

      Br(B0J/ψK0f0(980)J/ψK0π+π)=7.67×107,Br(B0J/ψK0a0(980)J/ψK0π0η)=1.42×107.

      (32)
    IV.   CONCLUSION
    • We performed calculations for the reactions B0J/ψK0f0(980)(a0(980)) and showed that they develop a TS for an invariant mass of 1520 MeV in (K0R). This TS shows up as a peak in the invariant mass distribution of these pairs with an apparent width of approximately 20 MeV. We applied the experimental data of the branching ratio of the decay B0J/ψK0f0(980)(a0(980)) to determine the coupling strength of the B0J/ψK0f0(980)×(a0(980)) vertex.

      We evaluated d2ΓtotaldMinv(K0R)dMinv(R) and observed clear peaks in the distributions Minv(π+π)(Minv(π0η)), clearly showing the f0(a0) shapes. With integration over Minv(R), these distributions exhibited a clear peak for Minv(K0R) around 1520 MeV.

      This peak is a result of the singularity of the triangle and may be misidentified with resonance when the experiment is completed. In this sense, the present work should serve as a warning not to treat this peak as resonance when it is seen in future experiments. It is important to discover new conditions about TSs and to allow for this possibility when experimentally observed peaks can avoid associating these peaks with resonance. The value of this work lies in identifying a TS for a suitable reaction and then preparing the results and research to interpret the peak correctly when it is observed.

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