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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.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-04-07
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.134.141901
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High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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Ya-jin Zhou, Jian Zhou, Yu Jia
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Physical Review Letters
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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Novel Azimuthal Observables from Two-Photon Collision at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>e</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:mrow></mml:msup><mml:msup>

Ya-jin Zhou, Jian Zhou, Yu Jia
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Abstract

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.

Physical Review LettersVol. 134(14)
Shandong University (CN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Institute of Modern Physics (CN)
National Science Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Openalex Percentile: Top 15%
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
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