Pseudoscalar Decays into Two Photons in Chiral Perturbation Theory

Abstract

We study the one-loop corrections in chiral perturbation theory to the $\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\gamma}$ and $\ensuremath{\gamma}{\ensuremath{\gamma}}^{*}$ decays of the pseudoscalar mesons. The latter are divergent, thus requiring the existence of dimension-six terms contributing to the anomalous Lagrangian. Some examples of such terms are given. We also discuss the experimental consequences of the next-to-leading terms.