Measurement of the eta and eta' transition form factors at q**2 = 112-GeV**2.

The BaBar collaboration Aubert, Bernard ; Barate, R. ; Bona, M. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 012002, 2006.
Inspire Record 716277 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22085

We report a study of the processes e+e- -> eta gamma and e+e- -> etaprime gamma at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV, using a 232 fb^-1 data sample collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider at SLAC. We observe 20+6-5 eta gamma and 50+8-7 etaprime gamma events over small backgrounds, and measure the cross sections sigma(e+e- -> eta gamma) =4.5+1.2-1.1(stat)+-0.3(sys) fb and sigma(e+e- -> etaprime gamma)=5.4+-0.8(stat)+-0.3(sys) fb. The corresponding transition form factors at q^2 = 112 GeV^2 are q^2|F_eta(q^2)|=0.229+-0.030+-0.008 GeV, and q^2|F_etaprime(q^2)|=0.251+-0.019+-0.008 GeV, respectively.

3 data tables

Measured cross sections.

Undressed cross sections calculated by applying a 7.5 +- 0.2 PCT correction for vacuum polarization.

Transition form factors at Q**2 = 112 GeV**2.