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Positive Parity Scalar Mesons in the 1-2 GeV Mass Range

L. Maiani, F. Piccinini, A. D. Polosa, V. Riquer

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0604018

Abstract

Based on the observation that K0(1430) is lighter than its SU3 counterpart, a0(1450), we examine the possibility that these particles, together with f0(1370), f0(1500) and f0(1710), fill a tetraquark recurrence of the sub-GeV 0++ nonet mixed with a glueball state. We find the picture to be consistent with the known data about the three f0 resonances, more than the q-qbar hypothesis. Conventional spin-orbit coupling suggests the q-qbar, P-wave, nonet to lie around 1200 MeV. We review possible experimental indications of a scalar isovector resonance at 1.29 GeV, first observed by OBELIX in p-pbar annihilation.

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