Transition form factors of $\pi^0$, $\eta$ and $\eta'$ mesons: What can be learned from anomaly sum rule?

Abstract

We have studied the applications of the anomaly sum rule to the transition form factors of light pseudoscalar mesons: $\pi^0$, $\eta$ and $\eta'$. This nonperturbative QCD approach can be used even if the QCD factorization is broken. The possibility of small non-OPE corrections to the spectral density in view of the recent BaBar and Belle data is explored. The accuracy of the applied method and the role of the quark mass contributions are discussed.