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kokolovehuh
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Hi all,
I have a question regarding to the branching ratio of neutral D-meson decay.
Give three decays:
1. D --> negative kaon + positive pion
2. D --> positive pion + negative pion
3. D --> positive kaon + negative pion
The one with highest branching ratio is 1. due to its non-cross generation mixing. However, my question is: why isn't 2 more likely since D-meson can decay into two photons and split into two pairs of quarks? It's because Intermediate photons are involved with EM interactions, which dominate over weak interactions (1 and 3 b/c they don't conserve strangeness).
Thanks :\
O.
I have a question regarding to the branching ratio of neutral D-meson decay.
Give three decays:
1. D --> negative kaon + positive pion
2. D --> positive pion + negative pion
3. D --> positive kaon + negative pion
The one with highest branching ratio is 1. due to its non-cross generation mixing. However, my question is: why isn't 2 more likely since D-meson can decay into two photons and split into two pairs of quarks? It's because Intermediate photons are involved with EM interactions, which dominate over weak interactions (1 and 3 b/c they don't conserve strangeness).
Thanks :\
O.