THE HADRONIC PHYSICS OF PHOTON-PHOTON COLLISIONS
Author(s) -
Stanley J. Brodsky
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
le journal de physique colloques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2777-3418
pISSN - 0449-1947
DOI - 10.1051/jphyscol:1974210
Subject(s) - physics , photon , hadron , nuclear physics , particle physics , two photon excitation microscopy , quantum mechanics , excitation
Measurements of photon-photon cross sections (σ(γ γ → hadrons)) can determine the important C = + hadronic states and resonances, and test fundamental ideas of Regge theory, two-component duality, and the effects of local two photon interactions. Measurements of the specific channels γ γ → ππ and KK allow a unique probe of the meson Compton amplitude and can determine the ππ scattering lengths and phase shifts. We review the theoretical expectations for these processes, and also discuss new predictions for fixed angle scaling laws and the π0 transition form factor derivable from quark-theoretic models
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