Recent BABAR Results on Two-photon Physics
Abstract
Recent BABAR results on two-photon processes are presented. A high statistics study of the two-photon production of the charmonium states eta_c and eta_c(2S) is performed. The mass and width of eta_c and eta_c(2S) are measured; the ratio of the decay probabilities to KS K+pi- and K+K-pi+pi-pi0 are determined. The latter mode is studied for the first time. The reactions e+e- --> e+e- gamma* gamma* --> e+e- + pseudoscalar meson are studied in the single-tag mode for pi0, eta, eta', and eta_c. From the measured differential cross sections the Q^2 dependencies of the photon-meson transition form factors are extracted. From these measurements we conclude that the pion distribution amplitude strongly differs from the distribution amplitudes of eta and eta' mesons.
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@article{arxiv.1011.6159,
title = {Recent BABAR Results on Two-photon Physics},
author = {V. P. Druzhinin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.6159},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 35th International Conference of High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2010), July 22-28, 2010, Paris, France