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Scaling tests of the cross section for deeply virtual Compton scattering.

Authors :
Camacho CM
Camsonne A
Mazouz M
Ferdi C
Gavalian G
Kuchina E
Amarian M
Aniol KA
Beaumel M
Benaoum H
Bertin P
Brossard M
Chen JP
Chudakov E
Craver B
Cusanno F
de Jager CW
Deur A
Feuerbach R
Fieschi JM
Frullani S
Garçon M
Garibaldi F
Gayou O
Gilman R
Gomez J
Gueye P
Guichon PA
Guillon B
Hansen O
Hayes D
Higinbotham D
Holmstrom T
Hyde-Wright CE
Ibrahim H
Igarashi R
Jiang X
Jo HS
Kaufman LJ
Kelleher A
Kolarkar A
Kumbartzki G
Laveissière G
Lerose JJ
Lindgren R
Liyanage N
Lu HJ
Margaziotis DJ
Meziani ZE
McCormick K
Michaels R
Michel B
Moffit B
Monaghan P
Nanda S
Nelyubin V
Potokar M
Qiang Y
Ransome RD
Réal JS
Reitz B
Roblin Y
Roche J
Sabatié F
Saha A
Sirca S
Slifer K
Solvignon P
Subedi R
Sulkosky V
Ulmer PE
Voutier E
Wang K
Weinstein LB
Wojtsekhowski B
Zheng X
Zhu L
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2006 Dec 31; Vol. 97 (26), pp. 262002. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Dec 29.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

We present the first measurements of the e[over -->]p-->epgamma cross section in the deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) regime and the valence quark region. The Q(2) dependence (from 1.5 to 2.3 GeV(2)) of the helicity-dependent cross section indicates the twist-2 dominance of DVCS, proving that generalized parton distributions (GPDs) are accessible to experiment at moderate Q(2). The helicity-independent cross section is also measured at Q(2)=2.3 GeV(2). We present the first model-independent measurement of linear combinations of GPDs and GPD integrals up to the twist-3 approximation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
97
Issue :
26
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17280421
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.262002