Abstract
An effective quark-gluon-photon operator is considered as the mechanism for radiative weak decays of hyperons. The coefficient function is unsuppressed by GIM cancellations, suggesting a significant decay rate, and a substantial amount of parity violation (large decay asymmetry) is expected. Attempted model calculations confirm this last feature but fail to provide an adequate absolute decay rate.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 158-163 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 158 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 8 1985 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We have enjoyed helpful conversations with R.L. Jaffe. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, under research grant No. PHY-84-06608 (MKG), by the US Department of Energy under Contracts DE-AC03.76SF00098 (MKG) and DE-AC02-83ER40105 (XQL and SR), as well as by a Presidential Young Investigator Award (SR).