Light scalar mesons in $J / psi ->$NN$meson meson$ decays in a chiral unitary approach

Abstract

We study the four-body decays $J/\psi\to N {\bar N}$ {\it meson meson} using a chiral unitary approach to account for the meson meson final state interaction (FSI). The calculation of the $J/\psi\to N \bar N \pi^+ \pi^-$ process properly reproduces the experimental data after taking the FSI of mesons and the contribution of intermediate $\rho$ meson into account. The isoscalar resonances $\sigma$, $f_0(980)$ and the isovector resonance $a_0(980)$ are generated through the FSI of the mesons in the channels $J/\psi\to N \bar N \pi^0 \pi^0$ and $J/\psi\to N \bar N \pi^0 \eta$, respectively. We also calculate the two mesons invariant mass distribution and the partial decay width of $J/\psi\to N \bar N K^+ K^-$ and $J/\psi\to N \bar N K^0 {\bar K}^0$, on which there is still no experimental data available.