In order to solve the current experimental controversy on the existence of the tensor glueball ξ(2230), we examine whether the conclusion from Seth's experimental measurement, which rejects existence of ξ(2230),...In order to solve the current experimental controversy on the existence of the tensor glueball ξ(2230), we examine whether the conclusion from Seth's experimental measurement, which rejects existence of ξ(2230), is reliable.We claim that the non-observation of the resonance structure by Seth is not a sound ground for rejecting the existence of ξ(2230) but it may just indicate that ξ(2230) has a broad width. We also study the tensor glueball properties: the mass, spin, and decay width. Our theoretical predictions of the mass and the spin of the ξ(2230) using QCD sum rule are about 2.23 GeV and J = 2, respectively. Our theoretical results also evidently show that the ξ(2230) must have a total decay width of about 100 MeV, which is much broader than the reported 20 MeV but a small partial decay width of 2 MeV into pp decay channel.展开更多
文摘In order to solve the current experimental controversy on the existence of the tensor glueball ξ(2230), we examine whether the conclusion from Seth's experimental measurement, which rejects existence of ξ(2230), is reliable.We claim that the non-observation of the resonance structure by Seth is not a sound ground for rejecting the existence of ξ(2230) but it may just indicate that ξ(2230) has a broad width. We also study the tensor glueball properties: the mass, spin, and decay width. Our theoretical predictions of the mass and the spin of the ξ(2230) using QCD sum rule are about 2.23 GeV and J = 2, respectively. Our theoretical results also evidently show that the ξ(2230) must have a total decay width of about 100 MeV, which is much broader than the reported 20 MeV but a small partial decay width of 2 MeV into pp decay channel.