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Two photon decay of the pseudoscalars, the chiral symmetry breaking corrections
The extrapolation of the decay amplitudes of the pseudoscalar mesons into two
photons from the soft meson limit where it is obtained from the axial-anomaly
to the mass shell involves the contribution of the 0^ - continuum. These chiral
symmetry breaking corrections turn out to be large. The effects of these
corrections on the calculated pi ^0 decay rate, on the values of the
singlet-octet mixing angle and on the ratios f_8 / f_pi and f_0 / f_pi are
discussed. The implications for the transition form factors gamma gamma* -->
pseudoscalars are also evaluated and confronted with the available experimental
data.Comment: Computational errors straightened and study of the implications on
the form factors of the transitions gamma gamma* --> pseudoscalars adde