Related papers: Eta and Eta' physics
We present a calculation of the $\eta$-$\eta'$ mixing in the framework of large-$N_c$ chiral perturbation theory. A general expression for the $\eta$-$\eta'$ mixing at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) is derived, including…
Using $(106.41\pm 0.86) \times 10^{6}$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected with the BESIII detector at BEPCII, we study for the first time the decay $\chi_{cJ}\to\eta'K^+K^-$, where $\eta'\to\gamma\rho^{0}$ and $\eta'\to\eta\pi^+\pi^-$. A partial…
The vector and scalar form factors relevant to the second-class current $\tau^-\to\pi^-\eta^{(\prime)}\nu_\tau$ processes are evaluated supplementing Chiral Perturbation Theory with the inclusion of resonances as explicit degrees of…
An experimental study of the $\eta'\to \pi^0\pi^0\eta \to 6\gamma$ decay has been conducted with the best up-to-date statistical accuracy, by measuring $\eta'$ mesons produced in the $\gamma p \to \eta' p$ reaction with the A2 tagged-photon…
I consider rare CP-violating decay modes $\eta(\eta')\to\pi\pi$ and note that an interaction that leads to such decays would necessarily induce a nucleon electric dipole moment (EDM). The experimental limits for the corresponding branching…
We extract $\eta$-$\eta^\prime$ mixing angle and the ratios of decay constants of light pseudoscalar mesons $\pi^0$, $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ using recently available BaBar measurements on $\eta$-photon and $\eta^\prime$-photon transition…
We re-investigate the exclusive decays of $\eta_c$ and $\eta_c^\prime$ to a pair of light vector mesons, i.e. $\eta_c (\eta_c')\to VV$. The long-distance intermediate meson loop (IML) effects are evaluated as a non-perturbative mechanism in…
The anomalous dimension for heavy-heavy-light effective theory operators describing nuclear beta decay is computed through three-loop order in the static limit. The result at order $Z^2\alpha^3$ corrects a previous result in the literature.…
We study $B\to J/\Psi \eta^{(\prime)}$ decays and suggest two methods to determine the $\eta-\eta^{\prime}$ mixing angle. We calculate not only the factorizable contribution in QCD facorization scheme but also the nonfactorizable hard…
The current status of the experimental searches for rare alpha and beta decays is reviewed. Several interesting observations of alpha and beta decays, previously unseen due to their large half-lives ($10^{15} - 10^{20}$ yr), have been…
Based on a sample of \etapr mesons produced in the radiative decay $J/\psi\to\gamma\eta^{\prime}$ in $1.31\times 10^9$ $J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector, the decay $\eta^{\prime}\to\omega e^{+} e^{-}$ is observed for the…
I discuss how b decays can be used to unravel new physics beyond the Standard Model. Decays second order in the weak interaction involving loops and CP violation are emphasized. This information is complementary to that obtainable with…
The value of the $\eta - \eta'$ mixing angle $\theta_P$ is phenomenologically deduced from a rather exhaustive and up-to-date analysis of data including strong decays of tensor and higher-spin mesons, electromagnetic decays of vector and…
It is shown that the rates of the decays Upsilon(1^3D_1) -> eta Upsilon(1S) and Upsilon(1^3D_2) -> eta Upsilon(1S) should be comparable to and likely exceed that of the recently discussed in the literature two-pion transition Upsilon(1D) ->…
The processes $h_c\to\gamma P(P = \eta^\prime,~\eta,~\pi^0)$ are studied with a sample of $(27.12\pm0.14)\times10^{8}$ $\psi(3686)$ events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider. The decay $h_{c}\rightarrow\gamma\eta$ is…
We study the anomalous decays $\pi^0, \eta \to\gamma\gamma$ in the framework of the three--flavor Nambu--Jona-Lasinio [NJL] model at finite temperature. The similarities and differences between these results and those obtained at zero…
Axial U(1) dynamics are characterised by large OZI violations. Here we review the phenomenology of eta and eta-prime production and decay processes, and its connection to the anomalous glue that generates a large part of the masses of these…
Using a data sample of $1.31\times10^{9} ~J/\psi$ events collected with the BESIII detector, a search for $\eta'\to\gamma\gamma\eta$ via $J/\psi\to\gamma\eta'$ is performed for the first time. No significant $\eta'$ signal is observed in…
The rare decays $\eta^{(\prime)}\to\ell^+\ell^-$, $\ell\in\{e,\mu\}$, are highly suppressed in the Standard Model, both by their chirality structure and the required loop attaching the lepton line to the $\eta^{(\prime)}\to\gamma^*\gamma^*$…
I discuss the theoretical and empirical status of $b \to s \gamma$, $b \to s \ell^+ \ell^-$ decays, as well as their future prospects. I emphasize those observables in rare $b$-decays which can potentially establish new physics and…