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Title: pi {sup 0} {yields} gamma gamma to NLO in CHPT

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OSTI ID:824447

The pi 0 {yields} gamma gamma width is determined to next to leading order in the combined chiral and 1/Nc expansions. It is shown that corrections driven by chiral symmetry breaking produce an enhancement of about 4.5% with respect to the width calculated in terms of the chiral-limit amplitude leading to Gamma{sub {pi}}{sup 0} {yields} {gamma}{gamma} = 8.1 +/- 0.08 MeV. This theoretical prediction will be tested via pi 0 Primakoff production by the PRIMEX experiment at Jefferson Lab.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
824447
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-02-76; DOE/ER/40150-2676; TRN: US0402083
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9th International Conference On The Structure Of Baryons (Baryons 2002), Newport News, VA (US), 03/03/2002--03/08/2002; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English