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The reaction γγ→π⁰π⁰ and chiral loops
Physical Review D (1988)
  • John Donoghue, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Barry Holstein, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Y.C. Lin, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract
Two-photon production of a neutral-pion pair is uniquely predicted near threshold by the theory of chiral symmetry. The prediction vanishes at the tree level and is nonzero only at one-loop order, yielding a finite result without any unknown counterterms. In this paper we calculate the cross section for both on-shell and off-shell photons, as both cases can both be studied at e+e storage rings. This reaction is the most accessible process which directly probes the loop structure of chiral-SU(2) symmetry. 
Publication Date
1988
Citation Information
John Donoghue, Barry Holstein and Y.C. Lin. "The reaction γγ→π⁰π⁰ and chiral loops" Physical Review D Vol. 38 (1988)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_donoghue/84/