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Main Author: Husek, Tomáš
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22541
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contents The transition amplitude of a kaon to a pion and two off-shell photons is studied. First, it is computed at leading order (one-loop level) of the Chiral Perturbation Theory expansion. Explicit analytical results for the leading-order amplitude are presented, constituting the first complete calculation for the doubly off-shell case. Subsequently, it is reevaluated by employing a refined diagrammatic notation and a generic ansatz incorporating effects beyond leading order. The dependence on the underlying $KπPP$ vertex parameters is analyzed. This offers valuable insights into amplitude properties and allows inclusion of unitarity corrections from $K\to3π$, yielding the complete $K\toπγ^*γ^*$ amplitude structure. Both the charged and neutral channels are treated in parallel. The presented results provide crucial input for phenomenological studies of related rare decays like $K\toπ\ell^+\ell^-[γ]$ or $K\toπ\ell_1^+\ell_1^-\ell_2^+\ell_2^-$ and support ongoing precision measurements at experiments like NA62 at CERN. These results may also find application in other related processes, including $η^{(\prime)}$ decays.
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spellingShingle $K\toπγ^*γ^*$ transitions at leading order and beyond
Husek, Tomáš
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The transition amplitude of a kaon to a pion and two off-shell photons is studied. First, it is computed at leading order (one-loop level) of the Chiral Perturbation Theory expansion. Explicit analytical results for the leading-order amplitude are presented, constituting the first complete calculation for the doubly off-shell case. Subsequently, it is reevaluated by employing a refined diagrammatic notation and a generic ansatz incorporating effects beyond leading order. The dependence on the underlying $KπPP$ vertex parameters is analyzed. This offers valuable insights into amplitude properties and allows inclusion of unitarity corrections from $K\to3π$, yielding the complete $K\toπγ^*γ^*$ amplitude structure. Both the charged and neutral channels are treated in parallel. The presented results provide crucial input for phenomenological studies of related rare decays like $K\toπ\ell^+\ell^-[γ]$ or $K\toπ\ell_1^+\ell_1^-\ell_2^+\ell_2^-$ and support ongoing precision measurements at experiments like NA62 at CERN. These results may also find application in other related processes, including $η^{(\prime)}$ decays.
title $K\toπγ^*γ^*$ transitions at leading order and beyond
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22541