%0 Book Section %T Precise determination of the σ pole location from a dispersive analysis publisher Amer Inst Physics %D 2008 %U 978-0-7354-0554-7 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53482 %X We review how the use of recent precise data on kaon decays together with forward dispersion relations (FDR) and Roy’s equations allow us to determine the σ resonance pole position very precisely, by using only experimental input. In addition, we present preliminary results for a modified set of Roy-like equations with only one subtraction, that showaremarkable improvement in the precision around the σ region. For practical applications, these results are shown to be very well approximated by a very simple conformal expansion %~