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Timelike form factors at high energy

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-12-30 v1

Abstract

The difference between the timelike and spacelike meson form factors is analysed in the framework of perturbative QCD with Sudakov effects included. It is found that integrable singularities appear but that the asymptotic behavior is the same in the timelike and spacelike regions. The approach to asymptotia is quite slow and a rather constant enhancement of the timelike value is expected at measurable large Q2Q^{2}. This is in agreement with the trend shown by experimental data.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9403293,
  title  = {Timelike form factors at high energy},
  author = {T. Gousset and B. Pire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9403293},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, report DAPNIA/SPhN 94 09