Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.262001
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
117
Issue
26
Pages
062001 (1-6)
Abstract
We present deeply virtual πᵒ electroproduction cross-section measurements at xB = 0.36 and three different Q2 values ranging from 1.5 to 2 GeV2, obtained from Jefferson Lab Hall A experiment E07-007. The Rosenbluth technique is used to separate the longitudinal and transverse responses. Results demonstrate that the cross section is dominated by its transverse component and, thus, is far from the asymptotic limit predicted by perturbative quantum chromodynamics. Nonetheless, an indication of a nonzero longitudinal contribution is provided by the measured interference term σLT. Results are compared with several models based on the leading-twist approach of generalized parton distributions (GPDs). In particular, a fair agreement is obtained with models in which the scattering amplitude includes convolution terms of chiral-odd (transversity) GPDs of the nucleon with the twist-3 pion distribution amplitude. This experiment, together with previous extensive unseparated measurements, provides strong support to the exciting idea that transversity GPDs can be accessed via neutral pion electroproduction in the high-Q2 regime.
Original Publication Citation
Defurne, M., Mazouz, M., Ahmed, Z., Albataineh, H., Allada, K., Aniol, K. A., . . . Jefferson Lab Hall, A. C. (2016). Rosenbluth separation of the πᵒ electroproduction cross section. Physical Review Letters, 117(26), 062001 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.262001
ORCID
0000-0001-7282-8120 (Hyde)
Repository Citation
Defurne, M.; Canan, M.; Hyde, C. E.; Koirala, S.; Rashad, M.N.H.; and Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration, "Rosenbluth Separation of the πᵒ Electroproduction Cross Section" (2016). Physics Faculty Publications. 150.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/150
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