The light meson decays of $D$ wave charmonia

Abstract

Motivated by the large non-$D\bar{D}$ branching fraction of $\psi(3770)$, we investigate the light meson decays of the $D$-wave charmonia in the present work with the meson loop mechanism. With the parameter range determined by $\psi (3770) \to \phi \eta$, our estimations of the branching fractions of the light meson decays of $\psi(3770)$ are consistent with the estimations in the literature. As for $\psi(3823)$, the partial widths of $K^\ast \bar{K}^\ast$ channel is estimated to be around 200 keV, which is the the predominant light meson decay channel of $\psi(3823)$. Our estimations also indicate that $K^{(\ast)}\bar{K}^{(\ast)}$ and $\rho \pi$ are the dominant light meson decay modes of $\psi(3842)$, while $\eta_{c2}$ dominantly decays into $\rho\rho$, $K^\ast \bar{K}^\ast$, $\omega \omega$ and $\phi\phi$.