title: Next-to-leading-order perturbative-QCD predictions for gammagamma-->M+M- (M=pi,K).
abstract: We report the first complete leading-twist next-to-leading-order perturbative-QCD predictions for the two-photon exclusive channels gammagamma-->M(+)M(-) (M=pi,K) at large momentum transfer. The asymptotic distribution amplitude is utilized as a candidate form for the nonperturbative dynamical input. Comparison of the obtained results with the existing experimental data does not provide sufficiently clear evidence to support the applicability of the hard-scattering approach at currently accessible energies.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Physics Division, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, P.O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia. gorand@thphys.irb.hr
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duplancić
authors.forename: Bene
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nizić