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We analyze the pion transition form factor using dispersion theory. We calculate the singly-virtual form factor in the time-like region based on data for the $e^+e^-\to 3\pi$ cross section, generalizing previous studies on…
New, accurate measurements of the pion and kaon electromagnetic form factors are expected in the near future from experiments at electron-positron colliders,using the radiative return method. We construct a model for the timelike pion…
The elastic electron-proton scattering data are analysed in order to determine proton charge and magnetic rms radii, r_E and r_M. Along with the usual statistical error, we try to estimate a systematic error in the radii, caused by the…
Motivated by the discrepancies noted recently between the theoretical calculations of the electromagnetic $\omega\pi$ form factor and certain experimental data, we investigate this form factor using analyticity and unitarity in a framework…
Precisely measured electron-proton elastic scattering cross sections [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 105}, 242002 (2010)] are reanalyzed to evaluate their strength for determining the rms charge radius ($R_{\rm E}$) of the proton. More than half of…
Using 20.7 pb^-1 of e+e- annihilation data taken at sqrt{s} = 3.671 GeV with the CLEO-c detector, precision measurements of the electromagnetic form factors of the charged pion, charged kaon, and proton have been made for timelike momentum…
The triton point charge radius is calculated to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in pionless effective field theory ($\mathrm{EFT}(\not{\!\pi})$), yielding a prediction of $1.14\pm0.19$ fm (leading order), $1.59\pm0.08$ fm (next-to…
The combination of simple dynamics, small number of available decay channels, and extremely well controlled radiative and loop corrections, make charged pion decays a sensitive means for testing the underlying symmetries and the…
New precise experimental information on $\sigma_{tot}(e^+e^- \to \pi^+ \pi^-)$ is transferred into the space-like region, by taking advantage of the analyticity. As a result a rigorous pion electromagnetic form factor behavior is obtained.…
A new formula for the pion form factor F_pi is proposed which takes into account the pseudoscalar meson loops and the mixing among rho(770), rho(1450), and rho(1700). The expression possesses correct analytical properties and can be used in…
The factorization theorem for exclusive processes in perturbative QCD predicts the behavior of the pion electromagnetic form factor $F(t)$ at asymptotic spacelike momenta $t(=-Q^2)<0$. We address the question of the onset energy using a…
In light of the proton radius puzzle, the discrepancy between measurements of the proton charge radius from muonic hydrogen and those from electronic hydrogen and electron-proton scattering measurements, we reexamine the charge radius…
We study $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-$ cross section and phase shift of $I=l=1$ $\pi-\pi$ scattering below 1GeV in framework of chiral constituent quark model. The results including all order contribution of the chiral perturbation expansion and…
We comment on the results of a complete leading-twist next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the spacelike pion electromagnetic form factor at large-momentum transfer Q. For the asymptotic distribution amplitude, we have examined the…
The Standard Model prediction for the magnetic moment of the muon requires a determination of the electromagnetic form factor of the pion at high precision. It is shown that the recent progress in pi-pi scattering allows us to obtain an…
The charge radii of Sigma^- and pi^- have been determined by direct elastic scttering on shell electrons. The measurement was performed in the framework of the SELEX (E781) charm hadroproduction experiment at Fermilab which employs a 600…
We calculate the electromagnetic form factor of the pion in quenched lattice QCD. The non-perturbatively improved Sheikoleslami-Wohlert lattice action is used together with the ${\mathcal O}(a)$ improved current. We calculate form factor…
The charge radius of the proton has been measured in scattering and spectroscopy experiments using both electronic and muonic probes. The electronic and muonic measurements are discrepant at $5\sigma$, giving rise to what is known as the…
The light-front approach is applied to calculate the electromagnetic current for quark-antiquark bound states for the pion. The pion electromagnetic form factor is obtnaide from the "+" and "-" components of the electromagnetic current in…
The elastic and $\gamma \to \pi$ transition form factors of the pion along with its usual static observables are calculated within a light-front field approach to the constituent quark model. The focus of this exercise in a simple model is…