Pseudoscalar transition form factors and the hadronic light-by-light contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon from holographic QCD

Abstract

We revisit the predictions for the pseudoscalar-photon transition form factors in bottom-up and top-down holographic QCD models which only use the pion decay constant and the ρ meson mass as input. We find remarkable agreement with the available experimental data for the single-virtual π0 form factor that have recently been extended to lower momenta by BESIII, down to 0.3 GeV2. The bottom-up models moreover turn out to be roughly consistent with recent experimental results obtained by BABAR for the double-virtual η′ form factor at large momenta as well as with dispersion theory results and a recent lattice extrapolation for the double-virtual π0 form factor. Calculating the pion pole contribution to the hadronic light-by-light scattering in the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, we find that the bottom-up models in question span the range aμπ0=5.9(2)×10-10, which is about 10% lower than estimated previously by approximating these holographic predictions through simple interpolators.