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Radiative decays of Bc mesons in a Bethe-Salpeter model

A. Abd El-Hady1,*, J. R. Spence2, and J. P. Vary2

  • 1Physics Department, King Khalid University, Abha 9004, Saudi Arabia
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA

  • *Permanent address: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
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Phys. Rev. D 71, 034006 – Published 3 February, 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.034006

Abstract

We evaluate the complete spectrum of the Bc mesons, below the open flavor BD threshold, in a Bethe-Salpeter model. We make predictions for the radiative decay widths of the Bc excited states. We compare our results with those of other models.

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Phys. Rev. D 71, 034006– Published 3 February, 2005
  • Received 6 December 2004

© 2005 American Physical Society

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