Rare decay eta --> pi pi gamma gamma in chiral perturbation theory.

Abstract

We investigate the rare radiative eta decay modes $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\gamma\gamma$ and $\eta\to\pi^0\pi^0\gamma\gamma$ within the framework of chiral perturbation theory at $O(p^4)$. We present photon spectra and partial decay rates for both processes as well as a Dalitz contour plot for the charged decay.