How does the rho meson decay to a pair of pions?

Subject: How does the rho meson decay to a pair of pions?

Date: Wed Jan 24 17:08:58 2007
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I read that the rho meson almost always decays to a pair of pions. I do not 
understand how this is possible, because the rho meson has a spin of 1 and all 
pions have spin 0. What type of mechanism is involved here which causes 
violation of conservation of angular momentum?

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