RHO-OMEGA MIXING VIA QCD SUM-RULES WITH FINITE MESONIC WIDTHS

Based on the analysis of both Borel and Finite-Energy QCD sum rules, t he inclusion of finite mesonic widths leads to a dramatic effect on th e predictions for the momentum dependence of the rho - omega mixing ma trix element, It is shown that the rho - omega mixing matrix element t raditionally discussed in the literature, has the same sign and simila r magnitude in the space-like region as its on-shell value, This contr asts the zero-width result where the mixing matrix element is typicall y of opposite sign in the space-like region.