The pion and kaon electromagnetic form factors

Abstract

We use recent data on K^+ -> pi^+e^+e^-, together with known values for the pion form factor, to derive the kaon electromagnetic form factor for 0 <q^2 <0.125 (GeV/c)^2. The results are then compared with predictions of the Linear sigma Model, a quark-triangle model and Vector Meson Dominance. The first two models describe the data at least qualitatively, but the simple Vector Meson Dominance picture gives a detailed quantitative fit to the experimental results.

11 pages, 4 figures. Further discussion and comments added