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In this Letter, we advocate a set of novel azimuthal-angle-related observables associated with exclusive hadron production from two-photon fusion at e^{+}e^{-} colliders, taking the γγ→ππ as a benchmark process. As a direct consequence of the linearly polarized quasireal photons emitted off the electron and positron beams, the cos2ϕ azimuthal asymmetry in dipion production is predicted within the transverse-momentum-dependent factorization framework. In numerical analysis, we take the helicity amplitudes of γγ→ππ determined from the partial wave solutions in dispersion relation as input, and find that the predicted cos2ϕ azimuthal modulation may reach 40% for the typical kinematical setup of Belle 2 and BESIII experiments. Future accurate measurement of this azimuthal asymmetry may facilitate the direct extraction of the relative phase between two helicity amplitudes with photon helicity configurations ++ and +-. This knowledge provides a valuable input for the dispersive determination of the hadronic light-by-light contributions.
Authors
- Ya-jin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-7214)
- Jian Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-9101)
- Yu Jia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8707-3284)
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Modern Physics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.134.141901
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province