Strong effects in weak nonleptonic decays

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5355928

Wise, M B

In this report the weak nonleptonic decays of kaons and hyperons are examined with the hope of gaining insight into a recently proposed mechanism for the ..delta..I = 1/2 rule. The effect Hamiltonian for ..delta..S = 1 weak nonleptonic decays and that for K/sup 0/-K/sup 0/ mixing are calculated in the six-quark model using the leading logarithmic approximation. These are used to examine the CP violation parameters of the kaon system. It is found that if Penguin-type diagrams make important contributions to K..--> pi pi.. decay amplitudes then upcoming experiments may be able to distinguish the six-quark model for CP violation from the superweak model. The weak radiative decays of hyperons are discussed with an emphasis on what they can teach us about hyperon nonleptonic decays and the ..delta..I = 1/2 rule.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5355928
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

645203* -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical-- Weak Interactions & Properties
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYONS
BOSONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
CP INVARIANCE
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC PARTICLE DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HAMILTONIANS
HYPERONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
ISOSPIN
KAONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MESONS
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
RADIATIVE DECAY
STRANGE PARTICLES
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY