Friday, 12 May 2017

elementary particles - Physics of K meson


K0 meson consists of a d quark and an ˉs antiquark. Its antiparticle ¯K0 consists of an s quark and a d antidown quark.


|K0=|dˉs |ˉK0=|ˉds


There are two versions of K0 meson. They have the same mass but different decay lifetimes.


K-zero-short: K0S=12[|K0+|ˉK0] with the observed lifetime τS=90 ps.


K-zero-long: K0L=12[|K0|ˉK0] with the observed lifetime τL=50 ns.


What is the physical interpretation of the minus sign? I know that ±1 are the eigenvalues of CP operator and K0S and K0L are its eigenstates. But what is the physical difference between K0S and K0L besides that they decay the way they do.





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