Semileptonic Hyperon Decays

dc.creatorCabibbo, Nicola
dc.creatorSwallow, Earl C.
dc.creatorWinston, Roland
dc.date2003-07-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:31:27Z
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dc.descriptionWe review the status of hyperon semileptonic decays. The central issue is the $V_{us}$ element of the CKM matrix, where we obtain $V_{us}=0.2250 (27)$. This value is of similar precision, but higher, than the one derived from $K_{l3}$, and in better agreement with the unitarity requirement, $|V_{ud}|^2+|V_{us}|^2+|V_{ub}|^2=1$. We find that the Cabibbo model gives an excellent fit of the existing form factor data on baryon beta decays ($χ^{2} = 2.96$ for 3 degrees of freedom) with $F + D = 1.2670 \pm 0.0030$, $F - D = -0.341 \pm 0.016$, and no indication of flavour-SU(3)-breaking effects. We indicate the need of more experimental and theoretical work, both on hyperon beta decays and on $K_{l3}$ decays.
dc.description37 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, Final version of this material is scheduled to appear in the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science Vol. 53
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0307298
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0307298
dc.identifierAnn.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.53:39-75,2003
dc.identifierdoi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.53.013103.155258
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/197272
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleSemileptonic Hyperon Decays
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