Pion elastic and $(π^0,η,η')\toγγ^*$ transition form factors in a broad range of momentum transfers

Details Pion elastic and $(π^0,η,η')\toγγ^*$ transition form factors in a broad range of momentum transfers Pion elastic and $(π^0,η,η')\toγγ^*$ transition form factors in a broad range of momentum transfers

2011-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/1110.6904v1

Phys.Rev.D85:036006,2012

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

8 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.85.036006

We analyze $F_\pi(Q^2)$ and $F_{P\gamma}(Q^2)$, $P=\pi,\eta,\eta'$, within the local-duality (LD) version of QCD sum rules, which allows one to obtain predictions for hadron form factors in a broad range of momentum transfers. To probe the accuracy of this approximate method, we consider, in parallel to QCD, a potential model: in this case, the exact form factors may be calculated from the solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation and confronted with the results from the quantum-mechanical LD sum rule. On the basis of our quantum-mechanical analysis we conclude that the LD sum rule is expected to give reliable predictions for $F_\pi(Q^2)$ and $F_{\pi\gamma}(Q^2)$ in the region $Q^2 \ge 5-6$ GeV$^2$. Moreover, the accuracy of the method improves rather fast with growing $Q^2$ in this region. For the pion elastic form factor, the data at small $Q^2$ indicate that the LD limit may be reached already at relatively low values of momentum transfers, $Q^2\approx 4-8$ GeV$^2$; we therefore conclude that large deviations from LD in the region $Q^2=20-50$ GeV$^2$ reported in some recent theoretical analyses seem unlikely. The data on the ($\eta,\eta')\to\gamma\gamma^*$ form factors meet very well the expectations from the LD model. Surprisingly, the {\sc BaBar} results for the $\pi^0\to\gamma\gamma^*$ form factor imply a violation of LD growing with $Q^2$ even at $Q^2\approx 40$ GeV$^2$, at odds with the $\eta,\eta'$ case and the experience from quantum mechanics.

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