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Pion electromagnetic form factor in the instanton vacuum

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We have calculated the three-point correlation function for the electromagnetic interaction of the pion in an ensemble of instantons and anti-instantons, modeling the QCD vacuum. The results are well described by a pion pole, and the pion form factor is extracted, nicely following a standard monopole fit. The experimental data on the form factor are well reproduced, provided an average instanton size is fixed at [Formula presented] fm, the same as found for a variety of other correlation functions and was found on the lattice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4055-4065
Number of pages11
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume55
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

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