Constraints on the momentum dependence of rho-omega mixing

O'Connell, H. B.; Pearce, B. C.; Thomas, A. W.; Williams, A. G.

Constraints on the momentum dependence of rho-omega mixing

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Within a broad class of models we show that the amplitude for rho^0-omega mixing must vanish at the transition from timelike to spacelike four momentum. Hence in such models the mixing is either zero everywhere or is necessarily momentum-dependent. This lends support to the conclusions of other studies of rho-omega mixing and calls into question standard assumptions about the role of rho-omega mixing in the theoretical understanding of charge-symmetry breaking in nuclear systems.
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