Constraining the low-energy pion electromagnetic form factor with spacelike data

Ananthanarayan, B and Ramanan, S (2008) Constraining the low-energy pion electromagnetic form factor with spacelike data. In: The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields, 54 (3). pp. 461-470.

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Abstract

The pionic contribution to the g−2 of the muon involves a certain integral over the modulus squared of $F_\pi(t)$, the electromagnetic form factor of the pion. We extend techniques that use cut-plane analyticity properties of $F_\pi(t)$ in order to account for present day estimates of the pionic contribution and experimental information at a finite number of points in the spacelike region. Using data from several experiments over a large kinematic range for $|t|$, we find bounds on the expansion coefficients of $F_\pi(t)$, sub-leading to the charge radius. The value of one of these coefficients in chiral perturbation theory respects these bounds. Furthermore, we present a sensitivity analysis to the inputs. A brief comparison with results in the literature that use observables other than the g−2 and timelike data is presented.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:49
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15546

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