The DMO Sum Rule Revisited

Abstract

We reconsider the DMO sum rule in light of our recent two-loop calculations of isospin and hypercharge vector and axialvector current propagators in chiral perturbation theory. A modified derivation valid to second order in the light quark masses is presented, and a phenomenological analysis yields determination of a combination of finite counterterms occurring in the p^4 and p^6 chiral lagrangians. Suggestions are given for further study.

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