| The positive parity scalar D$_{s0}^*$(2317) and axial-vector D$_{s1}^*$(2460)
charmed strange mesons are gene\\-rated by coupled-channel dynamics through the s-wave scattering of Goldstone bosons off the pseudoscalar and vector D(D$_s$)-meson ground states. The specific masses of these states are obtained as a consequence of the attraction arising from the Weinberg-Tomozawa interaction in the chiral Lagrangian. Chiral corrections to order Q$_\\chi^2$ are calculated and found to be small. The D$_{s0}^*$(2317) and D$_{s1}^*$(2460) mesons decay either strongly into the isospin-violating $\\pi^0$D$_s$ and $\\pi^0$D$_s^*$ channels or electromagnetically. We show that the $\\pi^0$-$\\eta$ and (K$^0$D$^+$-K$^+$D$^0$) mixings act constructively to generate strong widths of the order of 140 keV and emphasize the sensitivity of this value to the $KD$ component of the states. The one-loop contribution to the radiative decay amplitudes of scalar and axial-vector states is calculated using the electromagnetic Lagrangian to chiral order Q$_\\chi^2$. We show the importance of taking into account processes involving light vector mesons explicitly in the dynamics of electromagnetic decays. The radiative width are sensitive to both $\\eta\\, D_s$ and $KD$ components, hence providing information complementary to the strong widths on the positive parity $D_s$-meson structure.
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