Radiative decay widths of mesons in a relativistic potential model

The MI transition among the low-lying vector and pseudoscalar mesons is inv estigated in a relativistic potential model of independent quarks. A static calculation of the partial decay widths of several possible MI transitions is performed within the conventional picture of photon emission by a confi ned quark and/or antiquark. The model parameters are determined from a fit to the mass splittings of ground-state mesons in the strange, charm and bot tom flavour sectors. The model accounts well for the observed decay widths of light mesons and predict decay rates of heavy mesons which are comparabl e with those of other model calculations.