Gauge invariance, radiative interferences and properties of vector mesons

Abstract

We state the implications on the properties of vector mesons due to gauge invariance. In particular, we find that polarized vector mesons exhibit a property in the radiation distribution of order ${\omega }^{-1}$ in the photon energy, namely it is null when the gyromagnetic ratio becomes $g=2$. Therefore, the generalization of the Burnett-Kroll theorem for polarized vector-meson states is held only if $g=2$. In addition, radiative interferences between the electric charge and any gauge invariant term is found to be parametrized by a common global factor which can be used to extract information of the involved states by a proper choice of the kinematical region, where they could be relevant.

Comments: 5 pages, 1 figure. To appear in the Proceedings of the IX Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields, Colima Mexico. Uses RevTex4