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We have measured the cross section sigma(e+e- \to pi+pi-gamma) as a function of the pi+pi- invariant mass, M_pipi, with the KLOE detector at DAPHNE (W=m_phi=1.02GeV). The photon in the above process is due to Initial State Radiation.…
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 uncertainties of the Standard Model prediction of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon are currently completely dominated by hadronic contributions. The largest contribution is due to the hadronic vacuum polarization. Hadronic…
We have measured the cross section of the radiative process e+e- -> pi+pi-gamma with the KLOE detector at the Frascati phi-factory DAPHNE, from events taken at a CM energy W=1 GeV. Initial state radiation allows us to obtain the cross…
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…
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…
We have measured the cross section $\sigma(e^+e^-\to \pi^+\pi^- \gamma)$ at an energy $W=m_\phi=1.02$ GeV with the KLOE detector at the electron-positron collider DA$\Phi$NE. From the dependence of the cross section on the invariant mass of…
The ISR method has been largely exploited by the BABAR experiment, for measuring numerous channels of the cross section e+e- into hadrons. For the pi+pi-(gamma) and K+K-(gamma) channels, BABAR has pioneered the method based on the ratio…
Two new hadronic cross sections measured by the BaBar experiment are presented: $e^+e^- \to \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0\pi^0$ and $e^+e^- \to \pi^+\pi^-\eta$. For both channels, the contribution the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is calculated.
The measurement of the $\sigma(e^+e^-\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-)$ cross section allows to determine the pion form factor $| F_\pi |^2$ and the two pion contribution to the muon anomaly $a_\mu$. Such a measurement has been performed with the…
We propose to use events with radiated photons in e^+e^- collisions to measure the total cross section of e^+ e^- \to hadrons as a function of the center of mass energy. The Monte Carlo simulation for the collider DAPHNE shows that a…
The cross section of the process e+e- -> pi+pi- has been measured using about 114000 events collected by the CMD-2 detector at the VEPP-2M e+e- collider in the center-of-mass energy range from 0.61 to 0.96 GeV. Results of the pion form…
A program of measuring the light hadrons production in exclusive $e^+e^-$ to hadrons processes is in place at BaBar with the aim to improve the calculation of the hadronic contribution to the muon $g-2$. We present the most recent results…
The measurement of hadronic cross sections at low centre-of-mass energies is currently attracting much interest because of the r\^o{}le these measurements play in the theoretical evaluation of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. The…
We have measured the cross section $\sigma(e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\gamma)$ with the KLOE detector at DA$\Phi$NE, at an energy $W=M_\phi=1.02$ GeV. From the dependence of the cross section on $m(\pi^+\pi^-)=\sqrt{W^2-2WE_\gamma}$, where…
The precise measurement of the $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ cross section is performed in the center-of-mass energy range $E = 560$--1100 MeV using a data sample of 66 pb$^{-1}$ collected in the experiment with the SND detector at the…
We report on the measurement of the hadronic cross section below 1GeV at the electron-positron-collider DAPHNE, using the multiple purpose detector KLOE. The radiative return, which is due to initial state radiation (e+ e- \to gamma +…
We present preliminary BaBar measurements of hadronic cross sections in $e^+e^-$ annihilation using the radiative return technique. The cross sections for $e^+e^- \to p\bar{p} $, $ 3(\pi^+\pi^-)$, $ 2(\pi^+\pi^-)2\pi^0$, and $…
The precise measurement of the cross section e+e- --> pi+ pi-(gamma) from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV, using events with Initial State Radiation (ISR) collected with the BABAR detector, is presented. The ISR luminosity is determined…
In the fixed energy environment of the $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider DA$\Phi$NE, KLOE can measure the cross section of the process $e^{+}e^{-} \to hadrons$ as a function of the hadronic system energy using the radiative return method. At energies…