  The Chiral Perturbation Theory (CHPT) has been very successful in describing
low-energy hadronic properties in the non-perturbative regime of Quantum
Chromodynamics. The results of ChPT, many of which are currently under active
experimental investigation, provide stringent predictions of many fundamental
properties of hadrons, including quantities such as electromagnetic
polarizabilities. Yet, even for the simplest hadronic system, a pion, we still
have a broad spectrum of polarizability measurements (MARK II, VENUS, ALEPH,
TPC/2g, CELLO, Belle, Crystal Ball). The meson polarizability can be accessed
through Compton scattering, so we can measure it through Primakoff reaction.
This paper will provide an analysis of the CHPT predictions of the SU(3) meson
electromagnetic polarizabilities and outline their relationship to the
Primakoff cross section at the kinematics relevant to the planned JLab
experiments.
