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Title: e+ e- to Hadrons Cross-Sections at BaBar

Conference · · Acta Phys.Polon.Supp.1:553-556,2008
OSTI ID:1030542

We present an overview of cross-section measurements at BABAR. In e{sup {+-}} {yields} few-body processes at a center-of-mass energy E{sub CM} = 10.6 GeV we make new QCD tests and the first observation of two-virtual-photon annihilations into hadrons. Studies at lower {radical}s, using radiative return, yield new/improved data on spectroscopy, form factors and the total hadronic cross section, an important input to calculations of g{sub {mu}}-2 and {alpha}(M{sub Z}). We also present an inclusive measurement of the running of {alpha}.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1030542
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-14803; TRN: US1105994
Journal Information:
Acta Phys.Polon.Supp.1:553-556,2008, Conference: Prepared for International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics (ISMD07), Berkeley, California, 4-9 Aug 2007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English