Strong Decays of Scalar Glueball in a Scale-Invariant Chiral Quark Model

Abstract

An effective meson Lagrangian including a scalar glueball is constructed on the base of $U(3)\times U(3)$ chiral symmetry. The glueball is introduced into the meson Lagrangian by using the principle of scale invariance of an effective Lagrangian and the dilaton model. The singlet-octet mixing of scalar meson states is described by means of 't Hooft interaction. The contribution of the scalar and pseudoscalar anomalies into the breaking of scale invariance is taken into account. The mixing of quarkonia with the glueball is described. The mass spectrum of scalar mesons together with the glueball and also their strong decay widths are calculated. From comparing the obtained results with experimental data, it follows that $f_0(1500)$ is rather a glueball, whereas $f_0(1710)$ is a quarkonium. This accords with the results obtained in our previous works where radially-excited scalar meson states were described. It is shown that $\rho$-mesons play an important role in the description of glueball decays.