ΔI=1\Delta I = 1/2 Rule and Consequences for DD, BB Decays and ϵ/ϵ\epsilon^\prime / \epsilon

Apr 28, 1987
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 36 (1987) 975
Report number:
  • HD-THEP-87-7

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Abstract: (APS)
It is argued that |ΔI|=12 K decays are dominated by transitions to virtual diquark-antidiquark states which then evolve into mesons. Virtual diquark formation also contributes significantly to the relatively short lifetime of the D0 meson. It gives rise to a modified picture of the D+ width and of some baryon-antibaryon decays of B mesons. The CP-violating parameter ε′ of the K system remains small and unaffected even though the corresponding operator transforms as an isospin doublet.
  • D: NONLEPTONIC DECAY
  • NONLEPTONIC DECAY: D
  • B: NONLEPTONIC DECAY
  • NONLEPTONIC DECAY: B
  • QUARK: DIQUARK
  • CP: violation
  • ISOSPIN: SELECTION RULE
  • SELECTION RULE: ISOSPIN
  • K: NONLEPTONIC DECAY
  • NONLEPTONIC DECAY: K