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The G-partiy of the pion is -1, which is rotation in isospin space around y-axis by angle [itex] \pi [/itex] followed by C-conjugation.
The rotation matrix around y-axis , with angle [itex] \pi [/itex], is: (e.g. Sakurai, Halzen ..)
[tex]\begin{pmatrix}0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} [/tex]
Thus on [itex] \pi^+ [/itex]: T = 1, Tz = +1:
[tex]\begin{pmatrix}0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 0\\ 0 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} = \pi^-[/tex]
But this is not [itex] -\pi^- [/itex], which is required (see e.g. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ph/pdf/9903/9903256v1.pdf page 14)
I feel really stupid now, I don't get the required minus sign for pi- and pi+, only for pi0...
The rotation matrix I use is:
[tex]\begin{pmatrix} \tfrac{1}{2}(1+\cos \beta ) & - \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta & \tfrac{1}{2}(1 - \cos \beta ) \\ -\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta& \cos \beta & - \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta \\ \tfrac{1}{2}(1-\cos \beta ) & \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta & \tfrac{1}{2}(1 + \cos \beta ) \end{pmatrix}[/tex]
The rotation matrix around y-axis , with angle [itex] \pi [/itex], is: (e.g. Sakurai, Halzen ..)
[tex]\begin{pmatrix}0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} [/tex]
Thus on [itex] \pi^+ [/itex]: T = 1, Tz = +1:
[tex]\begin{pmatrix}0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 0\\ 0 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} = \pi^-[/tex]
But this is not [itex] -\pi^- [/itex], which is required (see e.g. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/hep-ph/pdf/9903/9903256v1.pdf page 14)
I feel really stupid now, I don't get the required minus sign for pi- and pi+, only for pi0...
The rotation matrix I use is:
[tex]\begin{pmatrix} \tfrac{1}{2}(1+\cos \beta ) & - \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta & \tfrac{1}{2}(1 - \cos \beta ) \\ -\tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta& \cos \beta & - \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta \\ \tfrac{1}{2}(1-\cos \beta ) & \tfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin \beta & \tfrac{1}{2}(1 + \cos \beta ) \end{pmatrix}[/tex]