The cusp effect in eta' --> eta pi pi decays
arXiv:0904.1320 · doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1054-7
Abstract
Strong final-state interactions create a pronounced cusp in eta' --> eta pi0 pi0 decays. We adapt and generalize the non-relativistic effective field theory framework developed for the extraction of pi pi scattering lengths from K --> 3 pi decays to this case. The cusp effect is predicted to have an effect of more than 8% on the decay spectrum below the pi+ pi- threshold.
11 pages, 8 figures; comment added, typos corrected, version published in Eur. Phys. J. C