1. Electroweak three-body decays in the presence of two- and three-body bound states
- Author
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Briceño, Raul A, Jackura, Andrew W, Pefkou, Dimitra A, and Romero-López, Fernando
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Nuclear and Plasma Physics ,Particle and High Energy Physics ,Mathematical Physics ,Mathematical Sciences ,Physical Sciences ,Hadronic Matrix Elements and Weak Decays ,Hadronic Spectroscopy ,Structure and Interactions ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Quantum Physics ,Nuclear & Particles Physics ,Mathematical physics ,Nuclear and plasma physics ,Particle and high energy physics - Abstract
Abstract : Recently, formalism has been derived for studying electroweak transition amplitudes for three-body systems both in infinite and finite volumes. The formalism provides exact relations that the infinite-volume amplitudes must satisfy, as well as a relationship between physical amplitudes and finite-volume matrix elements, which can be constrained from lattice QCD calculations. This formalism poses additional challenges when compared with the analogous well-studied two-body equivalent one, including the necessary step of solving integral equations of singular functions. In this work, we provide some non-trivial analytical and numerical tests on the aforementioned formalism. In particular, we consider a case where the three-particle system can have three-body bound states as well as bound states in the two-body subsystem. For kinematics below the three-body threshold, we demonstrate that the scattering amplitudes satisfy unitarity. We also check that for these kinematics the finite-volume matrix elements are accurately described by the formalism for two-body systems up to exponentially suppressed corrections. Finally, we verify that in the case of the three-body bound state, the finite-volume matrix element is equal to the infinite-volume coupling of the bound state, up to exponentially suppressed errors.
- Published
- 2024