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We present a dispersion relation formalism to calculate a massive scalar two-loop vertex function. Such calculation is of direct relevance in the evaluation of the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon's anomalous magnetic moment…
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Third QED order hadronic light-by-light (LBL) contributions $a_\mu^{LBL}(M)$ to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu^{had}$ from the pole terms of scalar $\sigma$, $a_0(980)$ and pseudoscalar $\pi^0$, $\eta$, $\eta '$ mesons (M)…
I review the recent calculations and present status of the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon g-2.
We perform an updated analysis of $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-$ cross-section data using a dispersive representation of the pion vector form factor. We show that the available data are compatible with the assumption that the form factor is free of…
We discuss hadronic light-by-light scattering contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment a_\mu^{\rm lbl}, paying particular attention to the consistent matching between the short- and the long-distance behavior of the light-by-light…
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We report the first result for the hadronic light-by-light scattering contribution to the muon anomalous magnetic moment with all errors systematically controlled. Several ensembles using 2+1 flavors of physical mass M\"obius domain-wall…