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Chiral loops and VMD in the V -> P P gamma decays

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We evaluate radiative decays of rho and omega going to two neutral mesons, pi(0)pi(0) and pi(0)eta. We use the sequential vector decay mechanisms in addition to chiral loops and rho-omega mixing. The chiral loops are obtained using elements of UchiPT successfully applied in the study of meson-meson interactions up to 1.2 GeV. The chiral loops are found very important in the case of the rho --> pi(0)pi(0)gamma decay and small in the other cases. A good agreement with present measurements of rho --> pi(0)pi(0)gamma and omega --> pi(0)pi(0)gamma is obtained and predictions are made for the other decays where the rates obtained are rather small.