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Hadronic loops and the OZI rule

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OSTI ID:954184
Arguments based on unitarity indicate that hadronic loop diagrams should produce large violations of the OZI (Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka) rule. The mechanism by which these corrections are evaded has long been a mystery. We have found that there is an exact cancellation of all such loops in a particular (quark model) limit and that, at least for the rho-->omega system which we have studied in detail, the cancellation is maintained in a realistic calculation which takes into account departures from this limit.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
954184
Report Number(s):
CEBAF-TH-91-06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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