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Precise data on e^+e^- to hadrons have recently become available and are used to compute the lowest-order hadronic vacuum polarisation contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly through dispersion relations. This is the case for the dominant…
A comprehensive as of November 2003 and evaluated data compilation on sigma_tot(e+ e- --> hadrons) was used to estimate the lowest order hadronic contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment. The preliminary result is a_mu(had, LO) =…
The current status of the experimental measurements and theoretical predictions of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu$ is briefly reviewed. The emphasis is put on the evaluation of the hadronic contribution to $a_\mu$ as it…
A new evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the muon magnetic moment is presented. We take into account the reanalysis of the low-energy e+e- annihilation cross section into hadrons by the CMD-2 Collaboration. The…
The BaBar Collaboration has an intensive program of studying hadronic cross sections at low-energy $e^+e^-$ collisions, accessible via initial-state radiation. Our measurements allow significant improvements in the precision of the…
The evaluation of the hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly $a_\mu$ is revisited, taking advantage of new experimental data on $e^+e^-$ annihilation into hadrons: SND and CMD-2 for the $\pi^+\pi^-$ channel, and \babar for…
The evaluation of the hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly a_mu is reviewed, including a new estimate using precise results on the pi+pi- spectral function from the KLOE Collaboration. It is found that the KLOE data confirm to…
The BaBar collaboration has an extensive program of studying hadronic cross sections in low-energy e+e- collisions, accessible via initial-state radiation. Our measurements allow significant improvements in the precision of the predicted…
Quantum loops induce an anomaly, a_mu, in the magnetic moment of the muon that can be accurately measured. Its Standard Model prediction is limited in precision by contributions from hadronic vacuum polarisation of the photon. The dominant…
The BABAR experiment participates to the global endeavor for a precise prediction of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon by evaluating the contribution from hadronic vacuum polarization, in particular through cross section…
We reevaluate the hadronic contributions to the muon magnetic anomaly, and to the running of the electromagnetic coupling constant at the Z-boson mass. We include new pi+pi- cross-section data from KLOE, all available multi-hadron data from…
We reevaluate the hadronic vacuum polarisation contributions to the muon magnetic anomaly and to the running of the electromagnetic coupling constant at the $Z$-boson mass. We include newest $e^+e^- \to$ hadrons cross-section data together…
We revisit the isospin-breaking and electromagnetic corrections to the decay $\tau^-\to\pi^-\pi^0\nu_\tau$, which allow its use as input in the two-pion contribution to the (leading order) hadronic vacuum polarization part of the muon…
We study possible so far unaccounted isospin breaking effects in the relation between the pion form factor as determined in e^+e^- experiments and the corresponding quantity obtained after accounting for known isospin breaking effects by an…
We present a new, completely revised calculation of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_\mu=(g_{\mu}-2)/2$, comparing it with the more recent experimental determination of this quantity; this furnishes an important test of theories of…
In this talk, I revisit and present a more comprehensive estimate of the lowest order Hadronic Vacuum Polarization (HVP) contribution $a_\mu\vert_{hvp}^{lo}$ to the muon anomalous magnetic moment (muon anomaly) from $e^+e^-\to$ Hadrons…
We present the results of a new evaluation of the anomalous magnetic moment a_mu=(g_mu-2)/2 of the muon where the role of input data needed in the evaluation is lowered in the interval between 1.2 and 3.0 GeV below charm threshold. This is…
We estimated an impact of the recent CMD-3 measurement of the $e^+e^- \to \pi^+\pi^-$ total cross section at $0.3 < \sqrt{s} < 1.2$ GeV on the leading order hadronic contribution $a_\mu^{had,LO}$ to the muon anomalous magnetic moment $a_\mu…
Numerous channels of the cross section e+e- --> hadrons have been measured by the BABAR experiment using the ISR method. For the pi+pi-(gamma) and K+K-(gamma) channels, BABAR has pioneered the method based on the ratio between the hadronic…
The situation of the experimental data used in the dispersive evaluation of the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is assessed in view of two recent measurements: $e^+e^- \to \pi^+\pi^-$…