Transition to perturbative QCD in two-photon collisions

Abstract

We propose that the different angular distributions in two-photon collisions observed at low and high center-of-mass energies $W_{\gamma \gamma }$ indicate the transition from nonperturbative to perturbative QCD. We calculate the differential cross sections of $\gamma \gamma \to \pi \pi$, $KK$ in the angle $\theta$ of one of the final-state mesons using QCD sum rules and the perturbative QCD approach based on $k_T$ factorization theorem. Our predictions from sum rules (perturbative QCD) decrease (increase) with $|\cos \theta |$, consistent with the Belle data of $\gamma \gamma \to K^{+}{K}^{-}$ for $W_{\gamma \gamma }\approx 1.5$-1.7 (2.2-2.4) GeV.

9 pages, 2 figures

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