Estimate of the Pseudoscalar Decay Constant

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25 April 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 38 (17) , 933-936
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.38.933

Abstract

We calculate the weak decay constant of paracharmonium (

η_{c}

) using a linear potential model. The result is somewhat larger than, but of the order of,

F_{π}

and depends on the universal Regge slope

α^{'}

. A number of amusing features are noted.

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