Strange axial-vector mesons

The strange axial-vector mesons K1 (1270) and K1 (1400) are reanalyzed in the light of the updated experimental information and compared with the recent result on the Kππ production in τ decay. The mixing angle between the strange mesons of 3P1 and 1P1 is determined by the partial decay rates, and, independently, by the masses. They lead to θK∼33 degree or 57 degree. The observed K1 (1400) production dominance in the τ decay favors θK∼33 degree. Flavor-SU(3) breaking of 20% or so in the production amplitudes can explain quantitatively the observed production ratio