Hadron Production via e+e- Collisions with Initial State Radiation
arXiv:1105.4975 · doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.83.1545
Abstract
A novel method of studying e+e- annihilation into hadrons using initial state radiation at e+e- colliders is described. After brief history of the method, its theoretical foundations are considered. Numerous experiments in which exclusive cross sections of e+e- annihilation into hadrons below the center-of-mass energy of 5 GeV have been measured are presented. Some applications of the results obtained to fundamental tests of the Standard Model are listed.
50 pages, 88 figures, accepted for publication in Rev. Mod. Phys