We consider, in the context of the glueball theory of the theta(1700), the recent measurements by the Mark III Collaboration at the SLAC $e^{+}$$e^{\mathrm{-}}$ storage ring SPEAR, of the theta helicity-amplitude ratios x¯ and y¯, x¯=$A_1$/$A_0$, y¯=$A_2$/$A_0$, for the decay sequence ψ/J→thetaγ, theta→$K^{\mathrm{-}}$$K^{+}$, where $A_j$ is the Jacob-Wick amplitude for theta helicity j, j=0,1,2. We find that the values of x¯ and y¯ are not obviously inconsistent with the interpretation of the theta(1700) as a bound state of two transverse-electric constituent gluons.

• Received 16 September 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.33.1900