On $Z\to \gamma \gamma$ decay and cancellation of axial anomaly in $Z\to \gamma \gamma$ transition amplitude for massive fermions

Abstract

$Z\to \gamma \gamma$ decay amplitude is considered and proven to be zero due to properties of polarization vectors and Bose statistics. Triangular diagrams for a pseudoscalar $\to \gamma \gamma$ and $Z\to \gamma \gamma$ processes with massive fermions in the loop are explicitely calculated. In the Standard Model axial anomaly vanishes in the sum of these diagrams as Z boson is mixed with one of the Goldstone bosons.

11 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables

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