Mechanisms for $χ_{cJ}\to φφ$ Decays

H. Q. Zhou, R. G. Ping, B. S. Zou

Published 2004-12-16Version 1

Exclusive decays of $\chi_{cJ}(J=0,2)$ into $\phi\phi$ are investigated in the framework of perturbative quantum chromodynamics(pQCD) and $\tpz$ quark pair creation model. The results show that these two mechanisms exhibit a quite different behavior in evaluating the decay width for the $\chi_{c0}$ and $\chi_{c2}$. In pQCD method with nonrelativistic(NR) approximation, while the calculated $\cxpp{2}$ decay width is comparable with measured one, the result for the $\cxpp{0}$ decay width is suppressed and much smaller than experimental value. However, in $\tpz$ quark pair creation model, the situation is reversed: the decay width of $\cxpp{0}$ is greatly enhanced and can reproduce the large measured value, while the contribution to the $\cxpp{2}$ decay width is small. The results suggest that while the pQCD mechanism is the dominant mechanism for $\cxpp{2}$ decay, the $\tpz$ quark pair creation mechanism is the dominant one for $\cxpp{0}$ decay.