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P. Heiliger

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arXiv1995

Tau Decays into Four Pions

We compute branching ratios and invariant mass distributions of the tau decays into four pions. The hadronic matrix elements are obtained by starting from the structure of the hadronic current in chiral limit and then implementing low-lying resonances in the different channels. Reasonable agreement with experiment is obtained both for the $τ\to ν_τ + (4 π) $ decay rates and the $e^+e^- \to (4 π) $ cross sections. Furthermore we supply an interface to use our matrix elements within the Tauola Monte-Carlo program.

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arXiv1994

Some Properties of a Transient New Coherent Condition of Matter Formed in High--Energy Hadronic Collisions

We investigate the dynamical possibility for the formation of a transient new coherent condition of matter in high--energy hadronic collisions. The coherent bosonic amplitude is characterized by a non--zero momentum and is sustained by $P $--wave interactions of quasi--pions in a dense fermionic medium. We make quantitative estimates of several essential properties: the condensate momentum and the fermionic density, the size of the coherent amplitude and the negative energy density contributed by the condensate, a characteristic proper time for the system to exist prior to breakdown into a few pions, and a characteristic extension of the system over the plane perpendicular to the collision axis. These quantities then allow us to make definite estimates of new signals: a few pions with anomalously small transverse momenta $\leq 50 $ MeV/c; and a possible anomalous bremsstrahlung of very soft photons with characteristic transverse momenta as low as about 4 MeV/c.

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arXiv1994

A Transient New Coherent Condition of Matter: The Signal for New Physics in Hadronic Diffractive Scattering

We demonstrate the existence of an anomalous structure in the data on the diffractive elastic scattering of hadrons at high energies and small momentum transfer. We analyze five sets of experimental data on $p(\overline{p})-p $ scattering from five different experiments with colliding beams, ranging from the first-- and second--generation experiments at $\sqrt{s} = 53 $ GeV to the most recent experiments at 546 GeV and at 1800 GeV. All of the data sets exhibit a localized anomalous structure in momentum transfer. We represent the anomalous behavior by a phenomenological formula. This is based upon the idea that a transient coherent condition of matter occurs in some of the intermediate inelastic states which give rise, via unitarity, to diffractive elastic scattering. The Fourier--Bessel transform into momentum--transfer space of a spatial oscillatory behavior of matter in the impact--parameter plane results in a small piece of the diffractive amplitude which exhibits a localized anomalous behavior near a definite value of $-t $. In addition, we emphasize possible signals coming directly from such a new condition of matter that may be present in current experiments on inelastic processes.

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arXiv1994

$K^0 $ Decays into Three Photons

The decays $K_{L,S} \to 3 γ$ are not forbidden by any selection rules or symmetry principles. However, gauge invariance and Bose statistics dictate that every photon pair in these transitions has at least two units of angular momentum. This gives rise to an extraordinary suppression. Using a simple model, we obtain the branching ratios $B(K_L \to 3 γ) \sim 3 \cdot 10^{-19}$, $B(K_S \to 3 γ) \sim 5 \cdot 10^{-22} $.

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