Precise measurement of the e+e-→π+π-(γ) cross section with the initial state radiation method at BABAR
- Received Date: 2010-01-26
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2010-06-05
Abstract:
We present a precise BABAR measurement on the cross section of the process e+e-→π+π-(γ) from threshold to an energy of 3 GeV with the initial state radiation (ISR) technique, using 232 fb-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at e+e- center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. The ISR luminosity is determined from a study of the leptonic process e+e-→μ+μ-γ(γ). The leading-order hadronic contribution to the muon magnetic anomaly calculated using the
ππ cross section measured from threshold to 1.8GeV is (514.1±2.2(stat)±3.1(syst))×10-10.