We compute the difference in decay widths of charged and neutral rho(770) vector mesons. The isospin breaking arising from mass differences of neutral and charged pi and rho mesons, radiative corrections to rho -> pipi, and the rho -> pipigamma decays are taken into account. It is found that the width difference Delta Gamma_rho is very sensitive ot the isospin breaking in the $rho$ meson mass Delta m_rho. This result can be useful to test the correlations observed between the values of these parameters extracted from experimental data.
We calculate diffractive photo- and leptoproduction of $rho$-, $rho$- and $rho$-mesons. The incoming photon dissociates into a $qbar{q}$-dipole which scatters on the nucleon and transforms into a vector meson state. The scattering amplitude is calculated in non-perturbative QCD with the model of the stochastic vacuum. Assuming that the physical $rho$- and $rho$-mesons are mixed states of an active 2S-excitation and some residual hybrid state which cannot be produced diffractively in lowest order QCD, we obtain good agreement with the data, especially the markedly different spectrum in the $pi^+pi^-$-invariant mass for photoproduction and $e^+e^-$-annihilation.
In the framework of non-perturbative QCD we calculate high-energy diffractive production of vector mesons $rh, rh$ and $rh$ by real and virtual photons on a nucleon. The initial photon dissociates into a $qbar{q}$-dipole and transforms into a vector meson by scattering off the nucleon which, for simplicity, is represented as quark-diquark. The relevant dipole-dipole scattering amplitude is provided by the non-perturbative model of the stochastic QCD vacuum. The wave functions result from considerations in the frame of light-front dynamics; the physical $rh$- and $rh$-mesons are assumed to be mixed states of an active 2S-excitation and some residual rest (2D- and/or hybrid state). We obtain good agreement with the experimental data and get an understanding of the markedly different $pi^+pi^-$-mass spectra for photoproduction and $e^+e^-$-annihilation.
We present a non-perturbative QCD calculation of high-energy diffractive photo- and leptoproduction of vector mesons $rho$, $rho$ and $rho$ on a nucleon. The initial photon splits up in a $qbar{q}$-dipole and transforms into a vector meson by scattering on the quark-diquark nucleon. The dipole-dipole scattering amplitude is provided by the non-perturbative model of the stochastic QCD vacuum, the wave functions result from considerations on the light-cone. We assume the physical $rho$- and $rho$-states to be mixed states of an active 2S-excitation and a rest whose coupling to the photon is suppressed. We obtain good agreement with the experimental data and get an understanding of the markedly different spectrum in the $pi^+pi^-$-invariant mass for photoproduction and $e^+e^-$-annihilation.
Using the close relationship between the low--energy constants of chiral perturbation theory and the chiral invariant interactions of the vector meson resonances with the pseudoscalar mesons, we investigate the process $rho^0 ra pi^+ pi^- gamma$. Compared with the contribution from the pure bremsstrahlung mechanism, we find an enhancement of the decay rate near the endpoint of the photon energy spectrum. Such a particular shape of the differential decay rate has indeed been observed experimentally and turns out to be an important confirmation of the theoretical concept of chiral vector meson dominance.
In this article, we firstly derive two QCD sum rules QCDSR I and QCDSR II which are respectively used to extract observable quantities of the ground states and the first radially excited states of D-wave vector $rho$ and $phi$ mesons. In our calculations, we consider the contributions of vacuum condensates up to dimension-7 in the operator product expansion. The predicted masses for $1^{3}D_{1}$ $rho$ meson and $2^{3}D_{1}$ $phi$ meson are consistent well with the experimental data of $rho$($1700$) and $phi$($2170$). Besides, our analysis indicates that it is reliable to assign the recent reported $Y$($2040$) state as the $2^{3}D_{1}$ $rho$ meson. Finally, we obtain the decay constants of these states with QCDSR I and QCDSR II. These predictions are helpful not only to reveal the structure of the newly observed $Y$($2040$) state but also to establish $phi$ meson and $rho$ meson families.