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Aug 4 – 7, 2022
MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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Small Angle Initial State Radiation Analysis of the Pion Form Factor at BESIII

Aug 5, 2022, 5:40 PM
20m
26-414 (MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science)

26-414

MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Speaker

Ms Yasemin Schelhaas (JGU Mainz)

Description

The anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu=(g_\mu-2)/2$ is one of the most precisely measured variables in modern physics. However, there is a discrepancy of $4.2$ standard deviations between the Standard Model (SM) prediction and the experimental average of the latest direct measurements at BNL and FNAL, known as the Muon $(g-2)$-puzzle. For the SM prediction the main uncertainty arises from hadronic contributions and can be improved systematically using measurements of hadronic cross sections at $e^+ e^-$ colliders. One of the most important processes is $e^+ e^- \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^-$. Using a data set of $3.2\,$fb$^{-1}$ at a center of mass energy of $4.18\,$GeV, the $\pi^+ \pi^-$ cross section is measured at the BESIII experiment located at the BEPCII collider in Beijing, exploiting the initial state radiation technique at small angles. This analysis aims to determine the pion form factor at masses above $0.8\,$GeV, which is also interesting for hadron spectroscopy.

Primary author

Ms Yasemin Schelhaas (JGU Mainz)

Co-authors

Prof. Achim Denig (JGU Mainz) Dr Riccardo Aliberti (JGU Mainz)

Presentation materials