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We calculate the radiative decay widths of decuplet hyperons in a chiral constituent quark model including electromagnetic exchange currents between quarks. Exchange currents contribute significantly to the E2 transition amplitude, while they largely cancel for the M1 transition amplitude. Strangeness suppression of the radiative hyperon decays is found to be weakened by exchange currents. Differences and similarities between our results and other recent model predictions are discussed.
A short overview of motivations and successes of two-body exchange currents between constituent quarks for electromagnetic hadron observables like charge radii, magnetic and quadrupole moments is given. We then predict and analyze exchange current effects on the radiative decay widths of decuplet hyperons, which are to be measured soon. In our chiral constituent quark model, exchange currents dominate the E2 transition amplitude, while they largely cancel for the M1 transition amplitude. Strangeness suppression of the radiative hyperon decays is weakened by exchange currents. The SU(F)_3 flavor symmetry breaking for the negatively charged hyperons is strong.
Radiative decays of decuplet hyperons and octet hyperon charge radii are evaluated in a chiral constituent quark model emphasizing the role of exchange currents. Exchange currents largely cancel for the M1 decay amplitudes, while they dominate the E2 amplitude. Due to the pseudoscalar meson cloud the charge radii of Sigma^- and Xi^- are almost as large as the proton radius, in agreement with recent experimental results from SELEX. Strangeness suppression is weakened by exchange currents for several observables.
The electromagnetic decays of the Sig0(1385) and Lambda(1520) hyperons were studied in photon-induced reactions gamma p -> K+ Lambda(1116)gamma in the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. We report the first observation of the radiative decay of the Sig0(1385) and a measurement of the Lambda(1520) radiative decay width. For the Sig0(1385) -> Lambda(1116)gamma transition, we measured a partial width of 479+/-120(stat)+81-100(sys) keV, larger than all of the existing model predictions. For the Lambda(1520) -> Lambda(1116)gamma transition, we obtained a partial width of 167+/-43(stat)+26-12(sys) keV.
Within an extended chiral constituent quark model, three- and five-quark structure of the $S_{01}$ resonance $Lambda(1405)$ is investigated. Helicity amplitudes for the electromagnetic decays ($Lambda(1405) to Lambda(1116)gamma$, $Sigma(1194)gamma$), and transition amplitudes for strong decays ($Lambda(1405)toSigma(1194)pi$, $ K^{-}p$) are drived, as well as the relevant decay widths. The experimental value for the strong decay width, $Gamma_{Lambda(1405)to (Sigma pi)^circ}=50pm 2$ MeV, is well reproduced with about 50% of five-quark admixture in the $Lambda(1405)$. Important effects due to the configuration mixings among $Lambda^{2}_{1}P_{A}$, $Lambda^{2}_{8}P_{M}$ and $Lambda^{4}_{8}P_{M}$ are found. In addition, transitions between the three- and five-quark components in the baryons turn out to be significant in both radiative and strong decays of the $Lambda(1405)$ resonance.
An extended $U(3)_Lbigotimes U(3)_R$ chiral theory which includes pseudoscalar and vector meson nonets as dynamic degrees of freedom is presented. We combine a hidden symmetry approach with a general procedure of including the $eta$ meson into chiral theory. The $U(3)_Lbigotimes U(3)_R$ and the SU(3) symmetries are broken by the mechanism based on quark mass matrix. Meson radiative decay widths are parameterized in terms of a single and real $eta-eta$ mixing angle $theta_P$, a U(3)_V symmetry breaking scale parameter c_W, and the radiative decay constants $F_pi, F_K, F_eta, F_{eta}$, for the $pi, eta$, K, $eta $ mesons, respectively. Taking $F_pi = 93 MeV$, a global fit to decay width data yields F_K/F_pi = 1.16 pm 0.11, F_eta/F_pi = 1.14pm 0.04, F_{eta}/F_pi = 1.09 pm 0.04, c_W = -0.19 pm0.03, theta_P =-(15.4 pm 1.8)^o.