PT Journal AU Xiao, CW Aceti, F Bayar, M TI The small K pi component in the K* wave functions SO European Physical Journal A JI Eur. Phys. J. A PY 2013 BP 22 EP 5pp VL 49 IS 2 DI 10.1140/epja/i2013-13022-y LA English AB We use a recently developed formalism which generalizes Weinberg's compositeness condition to partial waves higher than s-wave in order to determine the probability of having a K pi component in the K* wave function. A fit is made to the K pi phase shifts in p-wave, from where the coupling of K* to K pi and the K pi loop function are determined. These ingredients allow us to determine that the K* is a genuine state, different from a K pi component, in a proportion of about 80%. ER