Chiral Dynamics of scalar mesons: radiative $\phi$ decay and $\sigma$ in the medium through $\pi^0 \pi^0$ nuclear photoproduction

Abstract

In order to assess the relevance of chiral dynamics in the scalar sector we address two recent problems: radiative decay of the $\phi$, for which there are quite recent data from Frascati, and the modification of the $\sigma$ properties in the nuclear medium seen through the $\pi^0 \pi^0$ photoproduction in nuclei.