https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2006-10062-4
Hadron Physics
Transitional description of mass spectra and radiative decay widths for q¯ mesons in the U(4) model
1
Department of Physics, Liaoning Normal University, 116029, Dalian, PRC
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 70803-4001, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
3
Department of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, PRC
* e-mail: daipan@dlut.edu.cn
Received:
6
March
2006
Accepted:
16
June
2006
Published online:
7
July
2006
Mass spectra and radiative decay widths for q¯ mesons taken from well-established results of the Particle Data Group are fit by the O(4) 
U(3) transitional theory of the U(4) vibron model. The results are compared with those of the O(4) limit of the theory and the quark potential model. The O(4)
U(3) transitional theory seems to give a better description of the heavy q¯ mesons, while the O(4) limit gives an accurate description of the light and strange q¯ mesons.
PACS: 03.65.Fd Algebraic methods – / 14.40.-n Mesons – / 12.40.Yx Hadron mass models and calculations – / 13.25.-k Hadronic decays of mesons –
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