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Isospin breaking corrections to low-energy pi-K scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We evaluate the matrix elements for the processes pi^0 K^0 -> pi^0 K^0 and pi^- K^+ -> pi^0 K^0 in the presence of isospin breaking terms at leading and next-to-leading order. As a direct application the releveant combination of the S-wave scattering lengths involved in the pion-kaon atom lifetime is determined. We discuss the sensitivity of the results with respect to the input parameters.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0107299,
  title  = {Isospin breaking corrections to low-energy pi-K scattering},
  author = {A. Nehme and P. Talavera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0107299},
  year   = {2009}
}

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33 pages, plain latex, 2 figures