Published March 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Decay of heavy mesons into possible spin 3/2 leptons

  • 1. Rio de Janeiro Univ. (Brazil). Inst. de Fisica

Description

The recent interest in the study of possible spin 3/2 leptons motivated this calculation of the decay rate of heavy mesons into these leptons. The mesons may be UPSILON particles (bb sup(-) systems) or any other system of the qq sup(-) (quark-antiquark) kind with mass larger than those of the upsilon particles, for example, tt sup(-) bound states (not yet detected). The decay rate of these mesons is calculated as a function of the mass of the spin 3/2 leptons. The results obtained are compared with those of the spin 1/2 leptons. (Author)

Abstract (Portuguese)

Devido ao recente interesse no estudo de possiveis leptons de spin 3/2, calcula-se a taxa de decaimento, nestes leptons, de mesons pesados tais como: particula UPSILON (sistema bb sup(-)) ou qualquer outro sistema do tipo qq sup(-) (quark-antiquark) de massa maior do que as das particulas UPSILON, como por exemplo, estados ligados tt sup(-) (ainda nao detetados). Fazemos uma estimativa da taxa de decaimento desses mesons em funcao das massas dos leptons de spin 3/2. Confrontam-se esses resultados com os obtidos para os leptons de spin 1/2. (Autor)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Rev. Bras. Fis.
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
1
Series
Rev. Bras. Fis.
Journal Page Range
1-7
ISSN
0374-4922