The S-D mixing and di-electron widths of higher charmonium 1-- states
Abstract
The di-electron widths of (4040), (4160), and (4415), and their ratios are shown to be in good agreement with experiment, if in all cases the S-D mixing with a large mixing angle θ≈ 34 is taken. Arguments are presented why continuum states give small contributions to the wave functions at the origin. We find that the Y(4360) resonance, considered as a pure 3 3D1 state, would have very small di-electron width, ee(Y(4360))=0.060 keV. On the contrary, for large mixing between the 4 3S1 and 3 3D1 states with the mixing angle θ=34.8, ee((4415))=0.57 keV coincides with the experimental number, while a second physical resonance, probably Y(4360), has also a rather large ee (Y( 4400))=0.61 keV. For the higher resonance Y(4660), considered as a pure 5 3S1 state, we predict the di-electron width ee(Y(4660))=0.70 keV, but it becomes significantly smaller, namely 0.31 keV, if the mixing angle between the 5 3S1 and 4 3D1 states θ=34. The mass and di-electron width of the 6 3S1 charmonium state are calculated.
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