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E-italic/sup +/e-italic/sup -/ annihilation into two mesons and a photon at high energies

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5108296

The process of e-italic/sup +/e-italic/sup -/ annihilation into two mesons and a photon at large energies and relative momenta is considered in the framework of QCD perturbation theory. The distribution of the produced particles on a Dalitz plot depends significantly on the form of the meson wave functions, so that in principle this process might serve as a means of studying these wave functions. However, its cross section is found to be very small: for the pion wave function given by Chernyak and Zhytnitsky under the condition that the minimum virtuality is of the same order of magnitude as in the two-meson decays of charmonium, it is found that sigma(e-italic/sup +/e-italic/sup -/..--> pi../sup 0/..pi../sup 0/..gamma..)/sigma(e-italic/sup +/e-italic/sup -/..--> mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/) --10/sup -5/.

Research Organization:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Division, USSR Academy of Sciences
OSTI ID:
5108296
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 43:4; ISSN SJNCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English