Complex amplitude phase motion in Dalitz plot heavy meson three body decay

Abstract

We propose a method to determine the phase motion of a complex amplitude in three body heavy meson decays. We show that the phase variation of a complex amplitude can be directly revealed through the interference observed in the Dalitz Plot region where it crosses with a well established resonant state. This method could be applied to the decays \d3pi and $D^{+}\to K^{-}{\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{+}$, to determine whether the low mass states $\sigma$ and $\kappa$, suggested by E791, have phase motions compatible with resonances.

Comments: To appear in Physics Letters B