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Dispersive analysis of the decay eta -> 3 pi

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We demonstrate that the decay eta -> 3 pi represents a sensitive probe for the breaking of chiral symmetry by the quark masses. The transition amplitude is proportional to the mass ratio (m_d^2-m_u^2)/(m_s^2-m^2). The factor of proportionality is calculated by means of dispersion relations, using chiral perturbation theory to determine the subtraction constants. The theoretical uncertainties in the result are shown to be remarkably small, so that eta-decay may be used to accurately measure this ratio of quark masses.

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Dispersion relations: foundations

hep-ph · 2025-10-02 · unverdicted · novelty 2.0

Pedagogical review explaining how causality implies analyticity and its use in scattering amplitudes, form factors, and resonance extraction in hadronic physics.

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