Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1993-04-16
Z. Phys. C63 (1994) 71-76
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages of LaTeX plus 3 uuencoded postscript figures, UTPT-93-7
Scientific paper
10.1007/BF01577545
A simple model for the hadronic contribution to the photon vacuum polarization function $\Pi_{had}(q^2)$, for spacelike momenta, is presented. For small momenta, the two loop contribution from the pseudoscalar meson octet is computed from the chiral Lagrangian. The light quark contribution (which at low momentum gives the ${\cal O}(q^6)$ counterterm in the chiral Lagrangian) is calculated within a relativistic constituent quark model incorporating the momentum dependence of the quark mass. The perturbative gluons of QCD are included in a standard fashion. The total result is close to an estimate of $\Pi_{had}(q^2)$ that is obtained directly from $e^+e^-\to hadrons$ data. We further use our results for $\Pi_{had}(q^2)$ to calculate the ${\cal O}(e^4)$ hadronic contribution to lepton magnetic moments and to calculate $\alpha_{QED}(M_Z^2)$. A simpler model of constituent quarks with momentum independent masses gives less favourable results.
Holdom Bob
Lewis Randy
Mendel Roberto R.
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