Published December 9, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Δ→Nγ in large-Nc QCD

  • 1. University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0319 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)

Description

The decay Δ+→pγ is studied in the 1/Nc expansion of QCD. The ratio of the helicity amplitudes is determined to be A3/2/A1/2=√(3)+O(1/Nc2). Equivalently, the ratio E2/M1 of the multipole amplitudes is predicted to be order 1/Nc2

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 242001-242001.3
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35030307
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DELTA BARYONS; GAMMA RADIATION; HELICITY; NUCLEONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BARYONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; HADRONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; N*BARYONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society