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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Extended van Royen-Weisskopf formalism for lepton-antilepton meson decay widths within non-relativistic quark models

B. Silvestre-bracFrancisco FernándezR. BonnazA. ValcarceL. A. Blanco

subject

QuarkPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsInstantonParticle physicsMesonNuclear Theory010308 nuclear & particles physics[PHYS.HTHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Theory [hep-th]High Energy Physics::LatticeNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics::PhenomenologyConstituent quarkFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciencesNuclear Theory (nucl-th)Formalism (philosophy of mathematics)0103 physical sciencesHigh Energy Physics::Experiment010306 general physicsRelativistic quantum chemistryWave functionLepton

description

The classical van Royen-Weisskopf formula for the decay width of a meson into a lepton-antilepton pair is modified in order to include non-zero quark momentum contributions within the meson as well as relativistic effects. Besides, a phenomenological electromagnetic density for quarks is introduced. The meson wave functions are obtained from two different models: a chiral constituent quark model and a quark potential model including instanton effects. The modified van Royen-Weisskopf formula is found to improve systematically the results for the widths, giving an overall good description of all known decays.

10.1016/s0375-9474(01)01290-8http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00011013