Chatagnon, P. et al. (2021) First measurement of timelike Compton scattering. Physical Review Letters, 127(26), 262501. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.262501)
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Abstract
We present the first measurement of the timelike Compton scattering process, γp→p^{'}γ^{*}(γ^{*}→e^{+}e^{-}), obtained with the CLAS12 detector at Jefferson Lab. The photon beam polarization and the decay lepton angular asymmetries are reported in the range of timelike photon virtualities 2.25<Q^{'2}<9 GeV^{2}, squared momentum transferred 0.1<-t<0.8 GeV^{2}, and average total center-of-mass energy squared s=14.5 GeV^{2}. The photon beam polarization asymmetry, similar to the beam-spin asymmetry in deep virtual Compton scattering, is sensitive to the imaginary part of the Compton form factors and provides a way to test the universality of the generalized parton distributions. The angular asymmetry of the decay leptons accesses the real part of the Compton form factors and thus the D-term in the parametrization of the generalized parton distributions.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Sokhan, Dr Daria and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and Ireland, Professor David and Wishart, Robert and Glazier, Dr Derek and Naidoo, Paul and Tyson, Mr Richard and Clark, Ms Louise and Montgomery, Dr Rachel |
Authors: | Chatagnon, P., Niccolai, S., Stepanyan, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Caudron, M., Celentano, A., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., Defurne, M., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupré, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A. A., Gothe, R. W., Gotra, Y., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khanal, A., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I.J. D., Marchand, D., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Migliorati, S., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Naidoo, P., Neupane, K., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ouillon, M., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Schmidt, A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Shirokov, E. V., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Vallarino, S., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
Journal Name: | Physical Review Letters |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
ISSN (Online): | 1079-7114 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2021 |
First Published: | First published in Physical Review Letters 127(26):262501 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence |
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