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Title: Topics of higher order electroweak processes and nonleptonic weak processes in standard model

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6297681

This thesis is devoted to the calculation of higher order electroweak processes and nonleptonic weak interaction processes in the framework of the standard model. Primarily to standardize the notation, the thesis begins with a brief discussion of the Feynman rules and the dimensional regularization in a general renormalizable gauge for a spontaneously broken gauge theory. A typical process where higher order corrections are significant is the s ..-->.. d..gamma.. transition. Amplitude including QCD radiative corrections for this process is calculated using a free quark model, which is then used to compute hyperon weak radiative decays. Explicit evaluation of the transition amplitude of the ..sigma.. ..-->.. P..gamma.. mode is given. The quark fields are expanded in terms of MIT bag modes, so as to be consistent with quark confinement. The traditional baryon-pole model result is derived and some evidence for a (V + A) weak hadronic current is discovered. The thesis also contains a phenomenological Lagrangian model for charmed meson decays. The model consists of a SU/sub L/(3) x SU/sub R/(3) nonlinear chiral Lagrangian with gauge fields. The model gives a one-parameter prediction of all two body and three body decay data. The authors predict the life time ratio ..pi..(anti D)/..pi..(anti D/sup 0/) = 3.75 and branching ratio of anti D..pi.. decay modes, namely B/sub r/(anti D/sup 0/..-->..K/sup 0/..pi../sup 0/)/B/sub r/(D/sup 0/..-->..K-..pi..+) = 1.04. These are in good agreement with experimental results.

Research Organization:
Syracuse Univ., NY (USA)
OSTI ID:
6297681
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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