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4.2 Kaon F.F.

The threshold for kaon pair production in -machines is just below the -peak. Therefore, the quite good data already available for should be considerably improved in Daphne. They follow, as expected, the Breit-Wigner excitation curve, as schematically shown in Figs.(3) and (4). Some data for higher -values are also existing above the -peak, where is found to be larger than (see Figs.(5) and (6)). Further details can be seen in the compilations [1] and [2], as well as in their references to original work.

 
Figure 3: Exitation curves for the resonance decaying into .  

 
Figure 4: Cross-section for .  

A few determinations of the kaon charge radii are also available. They lead to [10]

 

and to the difference [6] , as qualitatively discussed when dealing with the physical meaning of these charge-radii.

The vector part of the decays gives further information on the related transition form factor. Indeed, from the PDG compilation one deduces [11]

while Sirlin's theorem [9], which is valid up to first order in SU(3) breaking, predicts . The good agreement with the above values adds some confidence to the whole set of data and their interpretation.

 
Figure 5: The e.m. form factor as a function of energy.  

 
Figure 6: The e.m. form factor as a function of energy.  



Carlos E.Piedrafita