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Lattice calculation of the , and transition form factors and the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the muon
Phys. Rev. D 111, 054511 – Published 21 March, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.054511
Abstract
In this paper we present a first ab initio calculation of the , and transition form factors performed with physical light-quark masses. We provide a complete parametrization of the form factors that includes both single and double-virtual kinematics. Our results are compared with experimental measurements of the form factors in the spacelike region and with the measured two-photon decay widths. In a second step, our parametrizations of the transition form factors are used to compute the dominant pseudoscalar-pole contributions to the hadronic light-by-light scattering in the muon . Our final result reads . Although the pion-pole is dominant, we confirm that, together, the and provide roughly half of its contribution.
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