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Femtophotography of protons to nuclei with deeply virtual Compton scattering

2002; American Physical Society; Volume: 66; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevd.66.111501

ISSN

1538-4500

Autores

John P. Ralston, B. Pire,

Tópico(s)

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Resumo

Developments in deeply virtual Compton scattering allow the direct measurements of scattering amplitudes for exchange of a highly virtual photon with fine spatial resolution. Real-space images of the target can be obtained from this information. Spatial resolution is determined by the momentum transfer rather than the wavelength of the detected photon. Quantum photographs of the proton, nuclei, and other elementary particles with resolution on the scale of a fraction of a femtometer are feasible with existing experimental technology.

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