RADIATIVE DECAY OF LIGHT AND HEAVY MESONS

The M1 transition among the vector (V) and pseudoscalar (P) mesons in the light and heavy flavor sectors has been investigated in a potentia l model of independent quarks. Going beyond the static approximation, to add some momentum dependence due to the recoil effect in a more rea listic calculation, we find an improvement in the results for the radi ative decay of light flavored mesons. However, our prediction on the d ecay rates for the mesons (D and B*) in the heavy flavor sector remai ns unaffected and compares well with those of other model calculations .