The pion and kaon electromagnetic form factors $F_{ M}(Q^2)$ are calculated at the leading order of pQCD using the running coupling constant method. In computations dependence of the meson distribution amplitudes on the hard scale $Q^2$ is taken into account. The Borel transform and resummed expression for $F_{ M}(Q^2)$ are found. The effect of the next-to-leading order term in expansion of $\alpha_{ S}(\lambda Q^2)$ in terms of $\alpha_{ S}(Q^2)$ on the pion form factor $F_{ \pi}(Q^2)$ is discussed, comparison is made with the infrared matching scheme's result.
Categories: hep-ph