Experimental Consequences of ϕ–ω Mixing

In this paper a simple model is proposed in which the observed ϕ and ω resonant states are considered as mixtures of “pure” states |Y〉 and |B〉 corresponding to hypercharge and baryonic mesons. The implications of this model for the isoscalar nucleon form factor; the decays of the ϕ, ω, and π ⁰ mesons; the role of the ω and ϕ mesons in nuclear forces; the mass distribution of Dalitz pairs in the decay π ⁰ → γ + e ⁺ + e ^–; and the photoproduction of η mesons are briefly considered.