Publication Date:
2021-03-01
Description:
We develop a model to study the $$D^0
ightarrow K^- pi ^+ eta $$ D 0 → K - π + η weak decay, starting with the color favored external emission and Cabibbo favored mode at the quark level. A less favored internal emission decay mode is also studied as a source of small corrections. Some pairs of quarks are allowed to hadronize producing two pseudoscalar mesons, which posteriorly are allowed to interact to finally provide the $$K^- pi ^+ eta $$ K - π + η state. The chiral unitary approach is used to take into account the final state interaction of pairs of mesons, which has as a consequence the production of the $$kappa $$ κ ($$K^*_0(700)$$ K 0 ∗ ( 700 ) ) and the $$a_0(980)$$ a 0 ( 980 ) resonances, well visible in the invariant mass distributions. We also introduce the $$ ar{K}^{*0} eta $$ K ¯ ∗ 0 η production in a phenomenological way and show that the s-wave pseudoscalar interaction together with this vector excitation mode are sufficient to provide a fair reproduction of the experimental data. The model provides the relative weight of the $$a_0(980)$$ a 0 ( 980 ) to the $$kappa $$ κ excitation, and their strength is clearly visible in the low energy part of the $$K pi $$ K π spectrum.
Print ISSN:
1434-6044
Electronic ISSN:
1434-6052
Topics:
Physics
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