Two-Photon Decay Rates of True Neutral Pseudoscalar Mesons from Data on their Transition Form Factors

TL;DR

This paper uses a universal model of hadron electromagnetic structure to determine the two-photon decay rates of neutral pseudoscalar mesons from their transition form factor data, offering an alternative approach.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method employing a universal unitary and analytic model to extract decay rates from experimental form factor data.

Findings

Decay rates for pi^0, eta, eta' mesons determined

Method provides an alternative to traditional calculations

Results align with existing measurements

Abstract

By means of the universal unitary and analytic model of electromagnetic structure of hadrons the two-photon decay rates of P=pi^0, eta, eta' mesons are determined in an alternative way from data on their transition form factors.