Hadronic Contributions to R and g-2 from Initial-State-Radiation Data

Abstract

I review the recent efforts to improve the precision of the prediction of the anomalous moment of the muon, in particular of the hadronic contribution of the vacuum polarization, which is the contribution with the largest uncertainty. Focus is given to the recent result for e+e- -> pi+pi- by the BaBar collaboration, obtained using events with radiation in the initial state.

4 pages, 10 figures. To appear in the proceedings for XXIX Physics in Collision, International Symposium in Kobe, Japan, August 30 - September 2, 2009