The πππγ\pi\pi\to\pi\gamma^\star amplitude and the resonant ρπγ\rho\to\pi\gamma^\star transition from lattice QCD

Apr 12, 2016
20 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 93 (2016) 11, 114508,
  • Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 079902 (erratum)
  • Published: Jun 10, 2016
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Report number:
  • JLAB-THY-16-2237,
  • DAMTP-2016-24

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Abstract: (APS)
We present a determination of the P-wave ππ→πγ⋆ transition amplitude from lattice quantum chromodynamics. Matrix elements of the vector current in a finite volume are extracted from three-point correlation functions, and from these we determine the infinite-volume amplitude using a generalization of the Lellouch-Lüscher formalism. We determine the amplitude for a range of discrete values of the ππ energy and virtuality of the photon and observe the expected dynamical enhancement due to the ρ resonance. Describing the energy dependence of the amplitude, we are able to analytically continue into the complex energy plane and from the residue at the ρ pole extract the ρ→πγ⋆ transition form factor. This calculation, at mπ≈400  MeV, is the first to determine the form factor of an unstable hadron within a first principles approach to QCD.
Note:
  • 20 pages, 16 figures, 3 tables
  • quantum chromodynamics: lattice
  • pi pi: scattering amplitude
  • photon: production
  • photon: off-shell
  • photon: virtual
  • rho(770): form factor
  • form factor: transition
  • off-shell