A Priori Mixed Hadrons, Weak Radiative and Non-leptonic Decays of Hyperons

Abstract

A priori mixings of eigenstates in physical states are quantum mechanical effects well known in several realms of physics. The possibility that such effects are also present in particle physics, in the form of flavor and parity mixings, is studied. Applications to weak radiative and non-leptonic decays of hyperons are discussed.