Two analytical constraints on the $\eta$-$\eta^\prime$ mixing

Abstract

We obtained two analytical constraints on the $\eta$-$\eta^\prime$ mixing parameters by considering two-photon decays of $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ [$\eta (\eta^\prime) \ra \gamma \gamma$], and productions of $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ in the $e^+ e^-$ scattering at large momentum transfer ($Q^2 \ra \infty$). Using the data given in the PDG98 for the decay processes and recent CLEO measurements on the meson-photon transition form factors, we estimate for the $\eta_8$-$\eta_1$ mixing scheme the mixing angle to be $\theta=-14.5^\circ \pm 2.0^\circ$ and the ratio of the decay constants of singlet to octet to be $f_1/f_8=1.17 \pm 0.08$. Applying our approach to the recently proposed $q \qbar$-$s \sbar$ mixing scheme, we obtain the mixing angle to be $\phi=39.8^\circ \pm 1.8^\circ$ and the ratio of the decay constants of $s\sbar$ state to $q\qbar$ state to be $f_s/f_q=1.20 \pm 0.10$.