High Precision Measurements of the Form Factors of Pion, Kaon, and Proton at Large Timelike Momentum Transfers

Seth, Kamal K. ; Dobbs, S. ; Metreveli, Z. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) 022002, 2013.
Inspire Record 1189656 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.130771

High precision measurements of the form factors of proton, pion, and kaon for timelike momentum transfers of |Q^2|=s=14.2 and 17.4 GeV^2 have been made. Data taken with the CLEO-c detector at sqrt(s)=3.772 GeV and 4.170 GeV, with integrated luminosities of 805 pb^-1 and 586 pb^-1, respectively, have been used to study $e^+e^-$ annihilations into pi+pi-, K+K^-, and ppbar. The perturbative QCD prediction that at large Q^2 the quantity Q^2F(Q^2) for vector mesons is nearly constant, and varies only weakly as the strong coupling constant alpha_S(Q^2) is confirmed for both pions and kaons. In contrast, a significant difference is observed between the values of the corresponding pQCD suggested near-constant quantity, |Q^4|G_M(|Q^2|)/mu_p for protons at |Q^2|=14.2 GeV^2 and 17.4 GeV^2. The results suggest the constancy of |Q^2|G_M(|Q^2|)/mu_p, instead.

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Born cross section of $e^+e^-\rightarrow h^+h^-$

Timelike form factor


Precision measurements of the timelike electromagnetic form factors of pion, kaon, and proton.

The CLEO collaboration Pedlar, T.K. ; Cronin-Hennessy, D. ; Gao, K.Y. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 261803, 2005.
Inspire Record 693873 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.130708

Using 20.7 pb^-1 of e+e- annihilation data taken at sqrt{s} = 3.671 GeV with the CLEO-c detector, precision measurements of the electromagnetic form factors of the charged pion, charged kaon, and proton have been made for timelike momentum transfer of |Q^2| = 13.48 GeV^2 by the reaction e+e- to h+h-. The measurements are the first ever with identified pions and kaons of |Q^2| > 4 GeV^2, with the results F_pi(13.48 GeV^2) = 0.075+-0.008(stat)+-0.005(syst) and F_K(13.48 GeV^2) = 0.063+-0.004(stat)+-0.001(syst). The result for the proton, assuming G^p_E = G^p_M, is G^p_M(13.48 GeV^2) = 0.014+-0.002(stat)+-0.001(syst), which is in agreement with earlier results.

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Born cross section of $e^+e^-\rightarrow h^+h^-$

Timelike form factor


Determination of the Charged Pion Form Factor at Q2=1.60 and 2.45 (GeV/c)2

The Jefferson Lab F(pi)-2 collaboration Horn, T. ; Aniol, K. ; Arrington, J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 97 (2006) 192001, 2006.
Inspire Record 721062 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31560

The H(e,e'pi+)n cross section was measured at four-momentum transfers of Q2=1.60 and 2.45 GeV2 at an invariant mass of the photon nucleon system of W=2.22 GeV. The charged pion form factor (F_pi) was extracted from the data by comparing the separated longitudinal pion electroproduction cross section to a Regge model prediction in which F_pi is a free parameter. The results indicate that the pion form factor deviates from the charge-radius constrained monopole form at these values of Q2 by one sigma, but is still far from its perturbative Quantum Chromo-Dynamics prediction.

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Separated cross sections at mean Q**2 of 1.60 GeV**2.

Separated cross sections at mean Q**2 of 2.45 GeV**2.

Extracted values of the charged pion form-factor. Errors are the statistical and experimental systematics combined in quadrature.


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.

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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.


Determination of the electric and magnetic form-factors of the proton in the timelike region

Bardin, G. ; Burgun, G. ; Calabrese, R. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 411 (1994) 3-32, 1994.
Inspire Record 376134 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32865

The s dependence of the electromagnetic proton form factors in the time-like region has been determined from the threshold ( s = 4 M p 2 ) up to s = 4.2 GeV 2 . Data were collected in a dedicated experiment performed at the LEAR antiproton ring at CERN, increasing by one order of magnitude the available statistics. Total and differential cross section of the p p → e − e + reaction have been measured. The electric and magnetic form factors are found to have comparable value. The observed form factor shows a clear steep s dependence close to the threshold.

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Measurement of the electromagnetic form-factor of the proton in the timelike region

Antonelli, A. ; Baldini, R. ; Bertani, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 334 (1994) 431-434, 1994.
Inspire Record 377833 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.28572

The cross section for the process e + e − → p p has been measured in the s range 3.6–5.9 GeV 2 by the FENICE experiment at the e + e − Adone storage ring and the proton electromagnetic form factor has been extracted.

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Cross section measurement.

Proton form-factor measurement.


Measurements of the proton elastic form-factors for 1-GeV/c**2 <= Q**2 <= 3-GeV/C**2 at SLAC

Walker, R.C. ; Filippone, B. ; Jourdan, J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 5671-5689, 1994.
Inspire Record 360764 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22469

We report measurements of the proton form factors GEp and GMp extracted from elastic scattering in the range 1≤Q2≤3 (GeV/c)2 with total uncertainties < 15% in GEp and < 3% in GMp. Comparisons are made to theoretical models, including those based on perturbative QCD, vector-meson dominance, QCD sum rules, and diquark constituents in the proton. The results for GEp are somewhat larger than indicated by most theoretical parametrizations, and the ratios of the Pauli and Dirac form factors Q2(F2pF1p) are lower in value and demonstrate a weaker Q2 dependence than those predictions. A global extraction of the elastic form factors from several experiments in the range 0.1 0.1<Q2<10 (GeV/c)2 is also presented.

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Point-to-point systematic uncertainty is 0.5%, overall normailzation uncertainty is 1.9%.

Point-to-point systematic uncertainty is 0.5%, overall normailzation uncertainty is 1.9%.

Point-to-point systematic uncertainty is 0.5%, overall normailzation uncertainty is 1.9%.

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Evidence for spin one resonance production in the reaction gamma gamma* ---> pi+ pi- pi0 pi0

The TPC/Two Gamma collaboration Bauer, Daniel A. ; Belcinski, R. ; Berg, R.C. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 48 (1993) 3976-3987, 1993.
Inspire Record 353748 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22574

Using data from the TPC/Two-Gamma experiment at the SLAC e+e− storage ring PEP, a C=+1 resonance has been observed in the π+π−π0γ final state resulting from the fusion of one nearly real and one quite virtual photon. The actual decay channel is probably π+π−π0π0, where one final-state photon is not detected, and the mass of the fully reconstructed state would be approximately 1525 MeV. A four-pion decay mode in turn implies that the resonance has even isospin. The nonobservation of this R(1525) when both initial-state photons are nearly real suggests a spin-1 assignment. Since the large measured value of the product of the branching ratio into π+π−π0π0 and the γγ coupling makes it unlikely that this state is the mostly s¯s f1(1510), its interpretation may lie outside of conventional meson spectroscopy. There is a second, less-significant enhancement observed in the same reaction at a four-pion mass centered around 2020 MeV.

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Coupling parameter times the effective form factor.


First measurement of the neutron electromagnetic form-factor in the timelike region

Antonelli, A. ; Baldini, R. ; Bertani, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 313 (1993) 283-287, 1993.
Inspire Record 359376 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.28867

The first measurement of the neutron form factor in the time-like region has been performed by the FENICE experiment at the ADONE e + e − storage ring. Results at q 2 = 4.0 and 4.4 (GeV/ c ) 2 , together with a new measurement of the proton form factor are presented here.

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Neutron form factor and cross section.

Preliminary analysis of proton form factor and cross section.


Measurements of the electric and magnetic form-factors of the proton from Q**2 = 1.75-GeV/c**2 to 8.83-GeV/c**2

Bosted, Peter E. ; Clogher, L. ; Lung, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 68 (1992) 3841-3844, 1992.
Inspire Record 332962 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19849

The proton elastic electric and magnetic form factors, GEp(Q2) and GMp(Q2), have been separately measured in the range Q2=1.75 to 8.83 (GeV/c)2, more than doubling the Q2 range of previous data. Scaled by the dipole fit, GD(Q2), the results for GMp(Q2)/μpGD(Q2) decrease smoothly from 1.05 to 0.91, while GEp(Q2)/GD(Q2) is consistent with unity. Comparisons are made to QCD sum rule, diquark, constitutent quark, and vector meson dominance models, none of which agree with all of the new data. The ratio Q2F2/F1 approaches a constant value for Q2>3 (GeV/c)2.

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Magnetic form factors.

Electric form factors.