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Chiral loop contribution to [ital D][r arrow][ital K][sup *][ital l][nu]

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)

Light vector mesons are included in the heavy meson chiral Lagrangian in the leading order in momentum expansion. Tree-level form factors in [ital D][sup +][r arrow][ital [bar K]] [sup 0*][ital e+][nu][sub [ital e]] are found at the order of [ital O]([ital k][sup 1]), and the coefficients of 1/[ital m][sub [ital Q]] terms are fixed by requiring reparametrization invariance of the heavy meson chiral Lagrangian and the weak current. Then, chiral loop contributions [[ital O]([ital k][sup 2])] to [ital D][r arrow][ital K][sup *][ital l][nu] are considered. The imaginary part of the [ital K][pi] loop contribution is finite and therefore unambiguously calculable, leading to the lower bounds on the form factors and the partial decay rate in [ital D][sup +][r arrow][ital [bar K]] [sup 0*][ital e+][nu][sub [ital e]]. Under a reasonable assumption, one finds [ital g][sup 2][lt]0.5 is preferred where [ital g] is the [ital D] *Di coupling.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83ER40105
OSTI ID:
6819652
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 47:5; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English