- Accepted Paper
Decay constants of the two-pole
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 27 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/4lqn-9w87
Phys. Rev. D - Accepted 27 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/4lqn-9w87
The nature of the scalar charmed meson remains one of the most intriguing states in hadron spectroscopy. A prominent interpretation is a two-pole structure generated by the coupled channels , , , and , in which the lower pole couples mainly to and the higher pole to . Following this picture, we calculate the decay constants of these two poles using the effective Lagrangian approach. The resulting values, and , are substantially smaller than those predicted by conventional excited-state scenarios. This difference suggests that decay constants can serve as a sensitive probe to discriminate between different internal structures of the . As a phenomenological application, we further predict the branching fractions for the Cabibbo-favored decays , , and within the factorization approach. These predictions provide crucial tests to validate the two-pole interpretation of the .
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