Probing Hadronic Structure with The Decay $Δ\rightarrow Nl^+l^-$

dc.creatorButler, Malcolm N.
dc.creatorSavage, Martin J.
dc.creatorSpringer, Roxanne P.
dc.date1993-03-18
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dc.descriptionWe compute the branching ratio for $Δ\rightarrow Ne^+e^-$ and $Δ\rightarrow Nμ^+μ^-$ in chiral perturbation theory and find that both decays should be observable at CEBAF. With sufficiently low thresholds on the $e^+e^-$ invariant mass a branching ratio of $\sim 10^{-5}$ may be observed for $Δ\rightarrow Ne^+e^-$. For the $Δ\rightarrow Nμ^+μ^-$ decay mode we predict a branching ratio of $3\times 10^{-7}$. The dependence of the M1 and E2 amplitudes on the momentum transfer will provide a useful test of chiral perturbation theory which predicts $\sim 20\%$ variation over the allowed kinematic range.
dc.description6 pages, 3 figures, UCSD/PTH 93-06, QUSTH-93-02, Duke-TH-93-48
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9303015
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9303015
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C48:917-919,1993
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.48.917
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/192257
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleProbing Hadronic Structure with The Decay $Δ\rightarrow Nl^+l^-$
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