Identification of the 125 GeV Resonance as a Pseudoscalar Quarkonium Meson

Abstract

The 125 GeV resonance discovered at the LHC could be a heavy quarkonium pseudoscalar meson. The diagonalization of the mass matrix of the isoscalar quarkonium states $|\zeta>$ and $|\zeta^{0'}>$ produces the states identified with the pseudoscalar heavy quarkonium mesons $\zeta^0$ and $\zeta^{0'}$. For a mixing angle $\phi\sim 36\,^{\circ}$ the mass of the bound state pseudoscalar resonance $\zeta^0$ is $m_{\zeta^0}\sim 125$ GeV. The decay rates of the quarkonium $\zeta^0$ meson are estimated and compared to the standard model Higgs boson predictions. The importance of determining the spin-parity of the 125 GeV resonance is discussed. Criteria for experimentally discriminating between the pseudoscalar, $J^{PC}=0^{-+}$, $\zeta^0$ quarkonium meson and the scalar $J^{PC}=0^{++}$ Higgs boson are investigated.