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Title: π π π γ * amplitude and the resonant ρ π γ * transition from lattice QCD

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
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  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  2. Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
  3. Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

We present a determination of the $$P$$-wave $$\pi\pi\to\pi\gamma^\star$$ transition amplitude from lattice quantum chromodynamics. Matrix elements of the vector current in a finite-volume are extracted from three-point correlation functions, and from these we determine the infinite-volume amplitude using a generalization of the Lellouch-L\"uscher formalism. We determine the amplitude for a range of discrete values of the $$\pi\pi$$ energy and virtuality of the photon, and observe the expected dynamical enhancement due to the $$\rho$$ resonance. Describing the energy dependence of the amplitude, we are able to analytically continue into the complex energy plane and from the residue at the $$\rho$$ pole extract the $$\rho\to\gamma^\star\pi$$ transition form factor. This calculation, at $$m_\pi\approx 400$$~MeV, is the first time a form factor of a hadron resonance has been calculated within a first-principles approach to QCD.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
Hadron Spectrum Collaboration
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177; SC0006765; ST/L000385/1; RG74916
OSTI ID:
1256680
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-16-2237; DOE/OR/23177-3785; PRVDAQ
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 93, Issue 11; ISSN 2470-0010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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