Generic symmetry analysis of charmonium decay

TL;DR

This paper develops a systematic SU(3) flavor symmetry-based parametrization scheme for charmonium decays into light quark final states, covering various decay types.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive framework for analyzing charmonium decay processes using symmetry principles, which was not previously established.

Findings

A unified parametrization scheme for different decay modes.

Application of SU(3) symmetry to charmonium decays.

Facilitates predictions and analysis of decay patterns.

Abstract

For charmonium's decaying to the final states involving merely light quarks, in light of SU(3) flavor symmetry, a systematic parametrization scheme is established, which involving binary decays, ternary decays and radiative decays.