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arxiv 1509.02194 v3 pith:Y3YNLY7A submitted 2015-09-07 hep-ph hep-exnucl-th

Towards an improved understanding of η to γ^* γ^*

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We argue that high-quality data on the reaction $e^+e^-\to \pi^+\pi^-\eta$ will allow one to determine the doubly-virtual form factor $\eta\to \gamma^*\gamma^*$ in a model-independent way with controlled accuracy. This is an important step towards a reliable evaluation of the hadronic light-by-light scattering contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. When analyzing the existing data for $e^+e^-\to\pi^+\pi^-\eta$ for total energies squared $k^2>1\text{GeV}^2$, we demonstrate that the effect of the $a_2$ meson provides a natural breaking mechanism for the commonly employed factorization ansatz in the doubly-virtual form factor $F_{\eta\gamma^*\gamma^*}(q^2,k^2)$. However, better data are needed to draw firm conclusions.

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