A multidimensional study of the structure function ratio σLT′/σ0 from hard exclusive π+ electro-production off protons in the GPD regime

Diehl, S. et al. (2023) A multidimensional study of the structure function ratio σLT′/σ0 from hard exclusive π+ electro-production off protons in the GPD regime. Physics Letters B, 839, 137761. (doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137761)

Abstract

A multidimensional extraction of the structure function ratio σLT /σ0 from the hard exclusive e→p → e' nπ+ reaction above the resonance region has been performed. The study was done based on beamspin asymmetry measurements using a 10.6 GeV incident electron beam on a liquid-hydrogen target and the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. The measurements focus on the very forward regime (t/Q 2 ≪ 1) with a wide kinematic range of xB in the valence regime (0.17 < xB < 0.55), and virtualities Q 2 ranging from 1.5 GeV2 up to 6 GeV2. The results and their comparison to theoretical models based on Generalized Parton Distributions demonstrate the sensitivity to chiral-odd GPDs and the directly related tensor charge of the nucleon. In addition, the data is compared to an extension of a Regge formalism at high photon virtualities. It was found that the Regge model provides a better description at low Q 2, while the GPD model is more appropriate at high Q 2.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Naidoo, Paul and Wishart, Robert and Tyson, Mr Richard and Ireland, Professor David and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Montgomery, Dr Rachel and Glazier, Dr Derek
• Authors: Diehl, S., Kim, A., Joo, K., Achenbach, P., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M.J., Atac, H., Avagyan, H., Ayerbe Gayoso, C., Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benkel, B., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A.S., Bondi, M., Booth, W.A., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Brinkmann, K.-T., Briscoe, W.J., Bueltmann, S., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V.D., Carman, D.S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clash, G., Cole, P.L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G.P., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A.A., Gosta, G., Gothe, R.W., Gotra, Y., Griffioen, K.A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T.B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E.L., Jo, H.S., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Kim, W., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lagerquist, V., Laget, J.-M., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Li, X., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z.E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Molina, E., Montgomery, R. A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Naidoo, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Nicol, M., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ouillon, M., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L.L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Paul, S.J., Phelps, W., Pilleux, N., Pokhrel, M., Poudel, J., Price, J.W., Prok, Y., Reed, T., Richards, J., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schmidt, A., Sharabian, Y., Shirokov, E.V., Shrestha, U., Simmerling, P., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Spreafico, M., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I.I., Strauch, S., Tan, J.A., Trotta, N., Turisini, M., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Vallarino, S., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D.P., Wei, X., Williams, R., Wishart, R., Wood, M.H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z.W., and Zurek, M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physics Letters B
• Publisher: Elsevier BV
• ISSN: 0370-2693
• ISSN (Online): 1873-2445
• Published Online: 09 February 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Physics Letters B 839: 137761
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License