Cross sections for 2-to-1 meson-meson scattering

Abstract

We study the processes $K\bar{K}\to \varphi$, $\pi D\to D^{\ast }$, $\pi \bar{D}\to {\bar{D}}^{\ast }$, and the production of $\psi (3770)$, $\psi (4040)$, $\psi (4160)$, and $\psi (4415)$ mesons in collisions of charmed mesons or charmed strange mesons. The process of 2-to-1 meson-meson scattering involves a quark and an antiquark from the two initial mesons annihilating into a gluon and subsequently the gluon being absorbed by the spectator quark or antiquark. Transition amplitudes for the scattering process derive from the transition potential in conjunction with mesonic quark-antiquark wave functions and the relative-motion wave function of the two initial mesons. We derive these transition amplitudes in the partial wave expansion of the relative-motion wave function of the two initial mesons so that parity and total-angular-momentum conservation are maintained. We calculate flavor and spin matrix elements in accordance with the transition potential and unpolarized cross sections for the reactions using the transition amplitudes. Cross sections for the production of $\psi (4040)$, $\psi (4160)$, and $\psi (4415)$ relate to nodes in their radial wave functions. We suggest the production of $\psi (4040)$, $\psi (4160)$, and $\psi (4415)$ as probes of hadronic matter that results from the quark-gluon plasma created in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.

arXiv comment43 pages, 6 figures, 10 tables, LaTex

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