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Title: Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2 > 1 GeV 2 . I. e p e π+ n

Abstract

Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive π+ electroproduction reaction γ*p → nπ+. The results were obtained from scattering of 6-GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The kinematic range covered is 1.1 < W < 3 GeV and 1 < Q2 < 6GeV2. Results were obtained for about 6000 bins in W, Q2, cos(θ*), and Φ*. Except at forward angles, very large target-spin asymmetries are observed over the entire W region. Reasonable agreement is found with phenomenological fits to previous data for W < 1.6 GeV, but very large differences are seen at higher values of W. Finally, a generalized parton distributions (GPD)-based model is in poor agreement with the data. When combined with cross-sectional measurements, the present results provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q2, for resonances with masses as high as 2.4 GeV.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council; National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Contributing Org.:
CLAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1348183
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1347813; OSTI ID: 1371940; OSTI ID: 1439599
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-16-2294; DOE/OR/23177-4014; arXiv:1611.07518
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; TRN: US1700597
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-84ER40150; AC02-06CH11357; SC0016583; FG02-07ER41528
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; pion electroproduction

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Bosted, P. E., Amaryan, M. J., Anefalos Pereira, S., Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., De Vita, R., Deur, A., De Sanctis, E., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T., Fradi, A., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Net, L. A., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I. Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2>1GeV2 . I. ep→eπ+n. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.95.035206.
Bosted, P. E., Amaryan, M. J., Anefalos Pereira, S., Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., De Vita, R., Deur, A., De Sanctis, E., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T., Fradi, A., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Net, L. A., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., & Zonta, I. Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2>1GeV2 . I. ep→eπ+n. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.035206
Bosted, P. E., Amaryan, M. J., Anefalos Pereira, S., Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., De Vita, R., Deur, A., De Sanctis, E., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T., Fradi, A., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Net, L. A., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I. Mon . "Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2>1GeV2 . I. ep→eπ+n". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.035206. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1348183.
@article{osti_1348183,
title = {Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q2>1GeV2 . I. ep→eπ+n},
author = {Bosted, P. E. and Amaryan, M. J. and Anefalos Pereira, S. and Avakian, H. and Badui, R. A. and Ball, J. and Baltzell, N. A. and Battaglieri, M. and Batourine, V. and Bedlinskiy, I. and Biselli, A. S. and Briscoe, W. J. and Bültmann, S. and Burkert, V. D. and Carman, D. S. and Celentano, A. and Chandavar, S. and Charles, G. and Ciullo, G. and Clark, L. and Colaneri, L. and Cole, P. L. and Contalbrigo, M. and Crede, V. and D'Angelo, A. and De Vita, R. and Deur, A. and De Sanctis, E. and Djalali, C. and Dupre, R. and Egiyan, H. and El Alaoui, A. and El Fassi, L. and Elouadrhiri, L. and Eugenio, P. and Fanchini, E. and Fedotov, G. and Filippi, A. and Fleming, J. A. and Forest, T. and Fradi, A. and Gevorgyan, N. and Ghandilyan, Y. and Gilfoyle, G. P. and Girod, F. X. and Gleason, C. and Gohn, W. and Golovatch, E. and Gothe, R. W. and Griffioen, K. A. and Guidal, M. and Hakobyan, H. and Hattawy, M. and Hicks, K. and Holtrop, M. and Hughes, S. M. and Ilieva, Y. and Ireland, D. G. and Ishkhanov, B. S. and Isupov, E. L. and Jiang, H. and Jo, H. S. and Joo, K. and Joosten, S. and Khachatryan, G. and Khandaker, M. and Kim, A. and Kim, W. and Klein, F. J. and Koirala, S. and Kubarovsky, V. and Kuhn, S. E. and Lanza, L. and Net, L. A. and Lenisa, P. and Livingston, K. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and McCracken, M. E. and McKinnon, B. and Meyer, C. A. and Mirazita, M. and Mokeev, V. I. and Montgomery, R. A. and Munevar, E. and Munoz Camacho, C. and Murdoch, G. and Nadel-Turonski, P. and Niccolai, S. and Osipenko, M. and Ostrovidov, A. I. and Park, K. and Pasyuk, E. and Peng, P. and Phelps, W. and Pisano, S. and Pogorelko, O. and Price, J. W. and Prok, Y. and Protopopescu, D. and Puckett, A. J. R. and Raue, B. A. and Ripani, M. and Rosner, G. and Rossi, P. and Schumacher, R. A. and Seder, E. and Skorodumina, Iu. and Smith, G. D. and Sokhan, D. and Sparveris, N. and Stankovic, I. and Stepanyan, S. and Strakovsky, I. I. and Strauch, S. and Taiuti, M. and Tian, Ye and Torayev, B. and Ungaro, M. and Voskanyan, H. and Voutier, E. and Walford, N. K. and Wei, X. and Weinstein, L. B. and Zachariou, N. and Zhang, J. and Zhao, Z. W. and Zonta, I.},
abstractNote = {Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive π+ electroproduction reaction γ*p → nπ+. The results were obtained from scattering of 6-GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The kinematic range covered is 1.1 < W < 3 GeV and 1 < Q2 < 6GeV2. Results were obtained for about 6000 bins in W, Q2, cos(θ*), and Φ*. Except at forward angles, very large target-spin asymmetries are observed over the entire W region. Reasonable agreement is found with phenomenological fits to previous data for W < 1.6 GeV, but very large differences are seen at higher values of W. Finally, a generalized parton distributions (GPD)-based model is in poor agreement with the data. When combined with cross-sectional measurements, the present results provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q2, for resonances with masses as high as 2.4 GeV.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.95.035206},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 3,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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TABLE I TABLE I: Run period names, nominal beam energy, PBPT, and PB, where PB (PT) is the beam (target) polarization, for the two running periods of the experiment.

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