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Title: Pion-Pole Contribution to Hadronic Light-By-Light Scattering in the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon

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Here, the π0 pole constitutes the lowest-lying singularity of the hadronic light-by-light (HLBL) tensor, and thus, it provides the leading contribution in a dispersive approach to HLBL scattering in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (g–2)μ. It is unambiguously defined in terms of the doubly virtual pion transition form factor, which in principle, can be accessed in its entirety by experiment. We demonstrate that, in the absence of a direct measurement, the full spacelike doubly virtual form factor can be reconstructed very accurately based on existing data for e+e → 3π, e+e → e+eπ0, and the π0 → γγ decay width. We derive a representation that incorporates all the low-lying singularities of the form factor, matches correctly onto the asymptotic behavior expected from perturbative QCD, and is suitable for the evaluation of the (g–2)μ loop integral. The resulting value, aπ0-poleμ = 62.6+3.02.5 × 10–11, for the first time, represents a complete data-driven determination of the pion-pole contribution with fully controlled uncertainty estimates. In particular, we show that already improved singly virtual measurements alone would allow one to further reduce the uncertainty in aπ0-poleμ.

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
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1469750
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OSTI ID: 1502087
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FG02-00ER41132
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Physical Review Letters
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Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 121 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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American Physical Society
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United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Hoferichter, Martin, Hoid, Bai-Long, Kubis, Bastian, Leupold, Stefan, and Schneider, Sebastian P. Pion-Pole Contribution to Hadronic Light-By-Light Scattering in the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.112002.
Hoferichter, Martin, Hoid, Bai-Long, Kubis, Bastian, Leupold, Stefan, & Schneider, Sebastian P. Pion-Pole Contribution to Hadronic Light-By-Light Scattering in the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.112002
Hoferichter, Martin, Hoid, Bai-Long, Kubis, Bastian, Leupold, Stefan, and Schneider, Sebastian P. Wed . "Pion-Pole Contribution to Hadronic Light-By-Light Scattering in the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.112002.
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title = {Pion-Pole Contribution to Hadronic Light-By-Light Scattering in the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon},
author = {Hoferichter, Martin and Hoid, Bai-Long and Kubis, Bastian and Leupold, Stefan and Schneider, Sebastian P.},
abstractNote = {Here, the π0 pole constitutes the lowest-lying singularity of the hadronic light-by-light (HLBL) tensor, and thus, it provides the leading contribution in a dispersive approach to HLBL scattering in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (g–2)μ. It is unambiguously defined in terms of the doubly virtual pion transition form factor, which in principle, can be accessed in its entirety by experiment. We demonstrate that, in the absence of a direct measurement, the full spacelike doubly virtual form factor can be reconstructed very accurately based on existing data for e+e– → 3π, e+e– → e+e–π0, and the π0 → γγ decay width. We derive a representation that incorporates all the low-lying singularities of the form factor, matches correctly onto the asymptotic behavior expected from perturbative QCD, and is suitable for the evaluation of the (g–2)μ loop integral. The resulting value, aπ0-poleμ = 62.6+3.0–2.5 × 10–11, for the first time, represents a complete data-driven determination of the pion-pole contribution with fully controlled uncertainty estimates. In particular, we show that already improved singly virtual measurements alone would allow one to further reduce the uncertainty in aπ0-poleμ.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.112002},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 11,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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FIG. 1. FIG. 1. : Diagrammatic representation of (a) HVP, (b) HLBL, and (c) the $π$0 pole in HLBL. Solid, dashed, and wiggly lines denote muons, pions, and photons, respectively, and the shortdashed line indicates that the pion is to be taken on shell.

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