Pion pole contribution to hadronic light-by-light scattering and muon anomalous magnetic moment

Abstract

We derive an analytic result for the pion pole contribution to the light-by-light scattering correction to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_\mu = (g_\mu-2)/2$. Using the vector meson dominance model (VMD) for the pion transition form factor, we obtain $a_\mu^{{\rm LBL},\pi^0} = +56 \times 10^{-11}$.