Published November 1, 1978
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Journal article
Muonic double-β decays of pseudoscalar mesons
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Physics Institute and Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2J1
Description
The rate for the decay of any pseudoscalar meson H+- into two identical muons μ+- and another pseudoscalar meson h-+ is calculated in the tree and box-diagram approximation. This double-β decay is assumed to be induced by a Majorana lepton N/sub μ/ of mass m/sub sigma/. The rate for K- decay at rest is 3.3 x 10-16 sec-1 for m/sub sigma/ = 2 GeV/c2,, and it is 4 sec-1 for the charmed meson F- decay. Detailed dependence of the decay rate on m/sub sigma/ is given
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 18
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 3412-3419
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10447350
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AXIAL-VECTOR CURRENTS; BETA DECAY; COUPLING CONSTANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MUONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM NUMBERS; SU-2 GROUPS; U-1 GROUPS; WEAK INTERACTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CURRENTS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LEPTONS; LIE GROUPS; MESONS; NUCLEAR DECAY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS