Open-flavor strong decays of open-charm and open-bottom mesons in the $^3P_0$ model

TL;DR

This paper calculates open-flavor strong decays of open-charm and open-bottom mesons using a modified $^3P_0$ model with harmonic oscillator wave functions, comparing results with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a modified $^3P_0$ decay model combined with relativized quark model spectra for open-flavor mesons, providing quantum number assignments.

Findings

Decay widths consistent with experimental data

Quantum number assignments for mesons provided

Enhanced understanding of open-flavor meson decays

Abstract

We provide results for the open-flavor strong decays of open-charm ($D$ and $D_{\rm s}$) and open-bottom ($B$, $B_{\rm s}$ and $B_{\rm c}$) mesons. The decays are calculated in a modified version of the $^3P_0$ pair-creation model, assuming harmonic oscillator wave functions. The spectra of open-charm and open-bottom mesons used in the calculations are computed within Godfrey and Isgur's relativized quark model. Quantum number assignments are also provided. Our results are compared with the existing experimental data.