Decay of axial-vector mesons into VP and P gamma

TLDR: In this article, a phenomenological Lagrangian for the decay of the SU(3) nonets of the axial-vector mesons of J{sup PC} = 1{sup +-},1{sup ++} into a vector meson and a pseudoscalar constructed with tensor fields for the vector and axial vector mesons was proposed.

Abstract: We propose a phenomenological Lagrangian for the decay of the SU(3) nonets of the axial-vector mesons of J{sup PC}=1{sup +-},1{sup ++} into a vector meson and a pseudoscalar constructed with tensor fields for the vector and axial-vector mesons. The formulation leads to a good reproduction of the different decay branching ratios and assuming vector meson dominance (VMD) it also leads to good results for the radiative decay of the a{sub 1} into pion and photon, and in agreement with the structure proposed in the chiral tensor formulation of radiative decay of axial-vector mesons. The two SU(3) parameters and the mixing angle of K{sub 1A} and K{sub 1B} needed to give the physical K{sub 1}(1270) and K{sub 1}(1400) resonances are also determined.