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We compute power-suppressed corrections to the \eta\gamma and \eta^{\prime}\gamma transition form factors Q^2F_{\eta(\eta^{\prime})\gamma}(Q^2) arising from the end point regions x \to 0,1 by employing the infrared-renormalon approach. The…
The low-energy electromagnetic form factors of the $\Delta$(1232)-to-nucleon transition are derived combining dispersion theory techniques and chiral perturbation theory. The form factors are expressed in terms of the well-understood pion…
We perform a dispersive analysis of the $\omega\pi$ electromagnetic transition form factor, using as input the discontinuity provided by unitarity below the $\omega\pi$ threshold and including for the first time experimental data on the…
The applications of the consistently coupled Schwinger-Dyson and Bethe-Salpeter approach to the eta-eta' complex are extended to the two-photon transition form factors of eta and eta' for spacelike transferred momenta. We compare our…
The rare decays $\eta^{(\prime)}\to\ell^+\ell^-$, $\ell\in\{e,\mu\}$, are highly suppressed in the Standard Model, both by their chirality structure and the required loop attaching the lepton line to the $\eta^{(\prime)}\to\gamma^*\gamma^*$…
In this thesis we discuss a rational and data-based description of the single- and double-virutal transition form factors of the lightest pseudoscalar mesons. We obtain an accurate description of these in the spacelike and low-energy…
We report results on the $\pi$-$\gamma$ transition form factor obtained within the hard scattering approach including transverse momentum effects and Sudakov corrections. The results clearly favor distribution amplitudes close to the…
We study the reactions e+e- --> e+e- eta (eta') in the single-tag mode and measure the gamma gamma* --> eta (eta') transition form factors in the momentum transfer range from 4 to 40 GeV^2. The analysis is based on 469 fb-1 of integrated…
The NA60 experiment at the CERN SPS has studied low-mass muon pairs in 158A GeV In-In collisions. The mass and pT spectra associated with peripheral collisions can quantitatively be described by the known neutral meson decays. The high data…
We amend a recent dispersive analysis of the anomalous $\eta$ decay process $\eta\to\pi^+\pi^-\gamma$ by the effects of the $a_2$ tensor meson, the lowest-lying resonance that can contribute in the $\pi\eta$ system. While the net effects on…
We study the process $e^+e^-\to e^+e^- \eta'$ in the double-tag mode and measure for the first time the $\gamma^{\star}\gamma^{\star} \to \eta'$ transition form factor $F_{\eta'}(Q_1^2, Q_2^2)$ in the momentum-transfer range \mbox{2…
At leading-twist accuracy the form factors for the transitions from a virtual photon to the $\eta$ or $\eta'$ can be expanded into a power series of the variable $\omega$, being related to the difference of two photon virtualities. The…
The reaction $ pp \to pp \eta \to pp \gamma e^+ e^-$ is discussed within a covariant effective meson-nucleon theory. The model is adjusted to data of the subreaction $pp \to pp \eta$. Our focus is on di-electrons from Dalitz decays of…
We study the $\eta'-g^*-g$ transition form factor by using the $\eta'$ wave function constrained by the experimental data on the $\eta'-\gamma^*-\gamma$ transition form factor provided by CLEO and L3 . We also take into account the…
We report a study of the processes e+e- -> eta gamma and e+e- -> etaprime gamma at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV, using a 232 fb^-1 data sample collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at SLAC. We observe 20+6-5 eta…
We study the form factors of the $\eta_c$ meson in the light-front quark model. We explicitly show that the transition form factor of $\eta_c \to \gamma^* \gamma$ as a function of the momentum transfer is consistent with the experimental…
At the turn of October and November 2008, the WASA-at-COSY collaboration performed an experiment to collect data on the eta meson decays in pd-->3He eta reactions. This report presents results of a study of the eta-->e+e-g conversion decay.…
The production of pseudo scalar, Eeta, Eta-prime, and vector, Omega, Rho, Phi, mesons in NN collisions at threshold-near energies is analyzed within a covariant effective meson-nucleon theory. It is shown that a good description of cross…
The KLOE results on the measurement of the transition form factors of the eta and pi0 mesons in phi Dalitz decays are presented, and the determination of the Gamma(eta->gamma gamma) in gamma gamma processes is also reported. The prospects…
A phenomenological analysis on various decay processes is performed using an energy-dependent $\eta-\eta'$ mixing angle scheme. Special attention is given to the radiative couplings between lowest-lying vector and pseudoscalar mesons. The…