M1 TRANSITIONS OF MESONS IN A POTENTIAL MODEL OF INDEPENDENT QUARKS

Abstract

The decay widths for M1 transitions of mesons are calculated in a relativistic potential model of independent quarks with its parameters determined from a fit to the mass splittings of the ground state mesons in the strange, charm and bottom flavor sector. A more realistic calculation of the decay widths is performed beyond static approximation incorporating some momentum dependence due to recoil of the daughter meson. The model accounts well for the observed decay widths of light mesons and predicts decay rates of heavy mesons which are comparable with those of other model calculations.