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Some short-distance properties of the fourth-rank hadronic vacuum polarization tensor are re-examined. Their consequences are critically discussed in the context of the hadronic light-by-light scattering contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
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Knecht, M. On some short-distance properties of the fourth-rank hadronic vacuum polarization tensor and the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 56 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2020)056
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