1. Physics with Positron Beams at Jefferson Lab 12 GeV
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Afanasev, A., Albayrak, I., Ali, S., Amaryan, M., D'Angelo, A., Annand, J., Arrington, J., Asaturyan, A., Avakian, H., Averett, T., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bellini, V., Berdnikov, V., Bernauer, J., Biselli, A., Boer, M., Bond��, M., Brinkmann, K. -T., Briscoe, B., Burkert, V., Camsonne, A., Cao, T., Cardman, L., Carmignotto, M., Causse, L., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Day, D., Defurne, M., Diehl, S., Dongwi, B., Dupr��, R., Dutta, D., Ehrhart, M., Elouadrhiri, L., Ent, R., Fernando, I., Filippi, A., Furletova, Y., Gao, H., Gasparian, A., Gaskell, D., Georges, F., Girod, F. -X., Grames, J., Gu, C., Guidal, M., Hamilton, D., Hasell, D., Higinbotham, D., Hoballah, M., Horn, T., Hyde, C., Italiano, A., Kalantarians, N., Kalicy, G., Keller, D., Keppel, C., Kerver, M., King, P., Kinney, E., Ko, H. -S., Kohl, M., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Liyanage, N., Liuti, S., Mamei, J., Marchand, D., Markowitz, P., Marsicano, L., Mazouz, M., McCaughan, M., McKinnon, B., Mihovilovi��, M., Milner, R., Mkrtchyan, A., Mkrtchyan, H., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Mu��oz, Nadel-Turo��s, P., De Napoli, M., Nazeer, J., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Novotny, R., Pappalardo, L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Patel, T., Pegg, I., Perera, D., Puckett, A., Randazzo, N., Rashad, M., Rathnayake, M., Rizzo, A., Roche, J., Rondon, O., Schmidt, A., Shabestari, M., Sharabian, Y., ��irca, S., Sokhan, D., Somov, A., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I., Tadevosyan, V., Tiefenback, M., Trotta, R., De Vita, R., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wojtsekhowski, B., Wood, S., Zaunick, H. -G., Zhamkochyan, S., Zhang, J., Zhao, S., Zheng, X., Zorn, C., Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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exchange: two-photon ,beam: polarization ,electroweak interaction ,Nuclear Theory ,nucleon: form factor: electromagnetic ,elastic scattering ,FOS: Physical sciences ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,nucleon: generalized parton distribution ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,positron: beam ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,deeply virtual Compton scattering ,lepton: accelerator ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,electron: beam ,Nuclear Experiment ,Jefferson Lab - Abstract
Positron beams, both polarized and unpolarized, are identified as essential ingredients for the experimental program at the next generation of lepton accelerators. In the context of the Hadronic Physics program at the Jefferson Laboratory (JLab), positron beams are complementary, even essential, tools for a precise understanding of the electromagnetic structure of the nucleon, in both the elastic and the deep-inelastic regimes. For instance, elastic scattering of (un)polarized electrons and positrons off the nucleon allows for a model independent determination of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon. Also, the deeply virtual Compton scattering of (un)polarized electrons and positrons allows us to separate unambiguously the different contributions to the cross section of the lepto-production of photons, enabling an accurate determination of the nucleon Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs), and providing an access to its Gravitational Form Factors. Furthermore, positron beams offer the possibility of alternative tests of the Standard Model through the search of a dark photon or the precise measurement of electroweak couplings. This letter proposes to develop an experimental positron program at JLab to perform unique high impact measurements with respect to the two-photon exchange problem, the determination of the proton and the neutron GPDs, and the search for the $A^{\prime}$ dark photon., Letter-of-Intent to Jefferson Lab PAC46
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- 2019