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We use the transverse-momentum dependence of the cross section for the diffractive dissociation of high energy pions to two jets to study some non-perturbative light-cone wave functions of the pion. We compare the predictions for this distribution by Gaussian and Coulomb wave functions as well as the wave function derived from a solution of the light-cone Hamiltonian in the singlet model. We conclude that this experimentally measured information provides a powerful tool for these studies.
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Received: 15 January 2003 / Published online: 14 April 2003
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Ashery, D., Pauli, HC. Experimental tests of non-perturbative pion wave functions. Eur. Phys. J. C 28, 329–333 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2003-01187-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2003-01187-3