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Energy and decay width of the pi-K atom

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

The energy and decay width of the pi-K atom are evaluated in the framework of the quasipotential-constraint theory approach. The main electromagnetic and isospin symmetry breaking corrections to the lowest-order formulas for the energy shift from the Coulomb binding energy and for the decay width are calculated. They are estimated to be of the order of a few per cent. We display formulas to extract the strong interaction S-wave pi-K scattering lengths from future experimental data concerning the pi-K atom.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0605253,
  title  = {Energy and decay width of the pi-K atom},
  author = {H. Jallouli and H. Sazdjian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0605253},
  year   = {2008}
}

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37 pages, 5 figures, uses Axodraw