Published April 19, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Axial anomaly and the precise value of the π0->2γ decay width

  • 1. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya 25, 117218 Moscow (Russian Federation)

Description

The anomaly in the vacuum expectation value of the product of axial and two vector currents (AVV) in QCD is investigated. The goal is to determine from its value the π0->2γ decay width with high precision. The sum rule for AVV formfactor is studied. The difference fπ0-fπ+ caused by strong interaction is calculated and appears to be small. The π0-η mixing is accounted. The π0->2γ decay width determined theoretically from the axial anomaly is found to be Γ(π0->2γ)=7.93 eV with an error ∼1.5%. The measurement of the π0->2γ decay width at the same level of accuracy would allow one to achieve a high precision test of QCD

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.02.021;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ph/0701077v2;
PII
S0370-2693(07)00224-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
647
Journal Issue
5-6
Journal Page Range
p. 389-393
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.