Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2002-03-05
Fizika B10 (2001) 285-306
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
24 pages, 5 figures; to be published in Fizika B
Scientific paper
We consider the double-radiative decays of heavy-light QED and QCD atoms, $\mu^+ e^- \to \gamma\gamma$ and $\bar{B}^{0}_s \to \gamma\gamma$. Especially, we take under scrutiny contributions coming from operators that vanish on the free-quark mass shell. We show that by field redefinitions these operators are converted into contact terms attached to the bound state dynamics. A net off-shell contribution is suppressed with respect to the effect of the well known flavour-changing magnetic-moment operator by the bound-state binding factor. The negligible off-shellness of the weakly bound QED atoms becomes more relevant for strongly bound QCD atoms. We analyze this off-shellness in model-approaches to QCD, one of them enabling us to keep close contact to the related effect in QED. We also comment on the off-shell effect in the corresponding process $\bar{B}_d \to K^* \gamma$, and discuss possible hindering of the claimed beyond-standard-model discovery in this decay mode.
Eeg Jan O.
Kumericki Kresimir
Picek Ivica
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