2013

Isospin Breaking Effects in $K_{\ell4}$ Decays

Stoffer, Peter

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In the framework of chiral perturbation theory with photons and leptons, the one-loop isospin breaking effects in $K_{\ell4}$ decays due to both the photonic contribution and the quark and meson mass differences are computed.

  • A comparison with the isospin breaking corrections applied by recent high statistics $K_{e4}$ experiments is performed.
  • The calculation can be used to correct the existing form factor measurements by isospin breaking effects that have not yet been taken into account in the experimental analysis.
  • Based on the present work, possible forthcoming experiments on $K_{e4}$ decays could correct the isospin breaking effects in a more consistent way.

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