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The pion form factor in improved lattice QCD

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-11-10 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate the electromagnetic form factor of the pion in lattice gauge theory. The non-perturbatively improved Sheikoleslami-Wohlert lattice action is used together with the O(a) improved current. The form factor is compared to results for other choices for the current and features of the structure of the pion deduced from the 'Bethe-Salpeter wave function' are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0303006,
  title  = {The pion form factor in improved lattice QCD},
  author = {J. van der Heide and J. H. Koch and E. Laermann and M. Lutterot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0303006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, LaTex, 2 figures

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