Recent BaBar results on measurement of exclusive hadronic cross sections

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Abstract

The measurement of exclusive e+e to hadrons processes is a significant part of the physics program of BABAR experiment, aimed to improve the calculation of the hadronic contribution to the muon g − 2 and to study the intermediate dynamics of the processes. We present the most recent results obtained by using the full data set of about 470 fb1 collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e collider at a center-of-mass energy of about 10.6 GeV. In particular, we report the results on e+e annihilation into six- and seven-pion final states. The study of the very rich dynamics of these processes can help to understand the difference seen between the QCD prediction and the sum of exclusive cross sections in the energy region around 2 GeV, thus improving the precision on the total hadronic cross section and of the g − 2 calculation. Additionally, we report the results on a dedicated study to shed light on the resonant states production in the energy region around 2.2 GeV, which is presently rather unclear. We measure the reaction e+e → KSKL with data collected with the BABAR detector and analyse these data in conjunction with published BESIII data on e+e → K+K and BABAR data on e+e → K+K, π+π, π+πη, π+πω. This study supports the existence of an isovector resonance ρ(2230) consistent with the resonance observed by BESIII.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 55th Rencontres de Moriond - 2021 QCD and High Energy Interactions
EditorsEtienne Auge, Jacques Dumarchez, Jean Tran Thanh Van
PublisherARISF
Pages257-260
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9791096879151
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021
Event55th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 27 Mar 20213 Apr 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 55th Rencontres de Moriond - 2021 QCD and High Energy Interactions

Conference

Conference55th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period27/03/213/04/21

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