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We discuss the virtual Compton scattering amplitude $\gamma^\ast+\pi\to \gamma+\pi$ which enters the reaction $\pi^-+e^-\to\pi^-+e^-+\gamma$. The low-energy scattering amplitude is divided into a model-independent part, involving only the electromagnetic form factor, and a residual part which contains structure information related specifically to (virtual) Compton scattering. In the limit of vanishing final-photon energy, the residual amplitude can be expressed in terms of three generalized dipole polarizabilities which are functions of the squared virtual-photon four-momentum. We study the VCS amplitude in the framework of chiral perturbation theory at ${\cal O}(p^4)$. At the one-loop level the generalized dipole polarizabilities are degenerate $\alpha_L(q^2)=\alpha_T(q^2)=-\beta(q^2)$.

Author

Scherer, S.

Published

1999

Language

EN