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Measurement of azimuthal asymmetries with respect to both beam charge and transverse target polarization in exclusive electroproduction of real photons

2008; Springer Nature; Volume: 2008; Issue: 06 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/066

ISSN

1127-2236

Autores

HERMES collaboration, A. Airapetian, Н. Акопов, Z. Akopov, A. Andrus, E. C. Aschenauer, W. Augustyniak, R. Avakian, A. Avetissian, E. Avetisyan, L. Barion, S. Belostotski, N. Bianchi, H. P. Blok, H. Böttcher, C. Bonomo, A. Borissov, A. Brüll, V. Bryzgalov, J. Burns, M. Capiluppi, G. P. Capitani, E. Cisbani, G. Ciullo, M. Contalbrigo, P.F. Dalpiaz, W. Deconinck, R. De Leo, M. Demey, L. De Nardo, E. De Sanctis, M. Diefenthaler, P. Di Nezza, J. Dreschler, M. Düren, M. Ehrenfried, G. Elbakian, F. Ellinghaus, U. Elschenbroich, R. Fabbri, A. Fantoni, L. Felawka, S. Frullani, A. Funel, D. Gabbert, G. Gapienko, В. А. Гапиенко, F. Garibaldi, G. Gavrilov, V. Gharibyan, F. Giordano, S. Gliske, H. Guler, C. Hadjidakis, D. Hasch, T. Hasegawa, G. C. Hill, A. Hillenbrand, M. Hoek, Y. Holler, I. Hristova, G. Iarygin, Y. Imazu, A. Ivanilov, A. Izotov, H. E. Jackson, A. Jgoun, S. Joosten, R. Kaiser, T. Keri, E. Kinney, A. Kisselev, M. Kopytin, В. А. Коротков, В. Козлов, P. Kravchenko, V. G. Krivokhijine, L. Lagamba, R. Lamb, L. Lapikás, I. Lehmann, P. Lenisa, L. A. Linden-Levy, W. Lorenzon, S. Lu, X. R. Lu, Bo Ma, D. Mahon, B. Maiheu, N. C. R. Makins, Y. Mao, B. Mariański, H. Marukyan, C. A. Miller, Y. Miyachi, V. Muccifora, M. Murray, A. Mussgiller, А. Нагайцев, E. Nappi, Y. Naryshkin, A. Nass, M. Negodaev, W.‐D. Nowak, A. Osborne, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Pérez-Benito, N. Pickert, M. Raithel, P. E. Reimer, A. Reischl, A. R. Reolon, C. Riedl, K. Rith, S. E. Rock, G. Rosner, A. Rostomyan, L. Rubáček, J. Rubin, A. López Ruiz, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Salomatin, I. Sanjiev, A. Schäfer, G. Schnell, K. P. Schüler, B. Seitz, C. Shearer, T.-A. Shibata, V. Shutov, M. Stancari, M. Statera, E. Steffens, J. J. M. Steijger, H. Stenzel, J. Stewart, F. Stinzing, P. Tait, S. Taroian, A. Terkulov, A. Trzciński, M. Tytgat, A. Vandenbroucke, P. B. van der Nat, G. van der Steenhoven, Y. Van Haarlem, C. Van Hulse, M. Varanda, D. Veretennikov, V. Vikhrov, I. Vilardi, Christian Vogel, Shiqing Wang, S. Yaschenko, H. Ye, Z Ye, S. Yen, W. Yu, D. Zeiler, B. Zihlmann, P. Żuprański,

Tópico(s)

High-Energy Particle Collisions Research

Resumo

Azimuthal asymmetries in exclusive electroproduction of real photons are measured for the first time with respect to transverse target polarisation, providing new constraints on Generalized Parton Distributions. From the same data set on a hydrogen target, new results for the beam-charge asymmetry are also extracted with better precision than those previously reported. By comparing model calculations with measured asymmetries attributed to the interference between the deeply virtual Compton scattering and Bethe-Heitler processes, a model-dependent constraint is obtained on the total angular momenta carried by up and down quarks in the nucleon.

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