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Title: E00-110 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A: Deeply virtual Compton scattering off the proton at 6 GeV

Abstract

We present final results on the photon electroproduction ($$\vec{e}p\rightarrow ep\gamma$$) cross section in the deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) regime and the valence quark region from Jefferson Lab experiment E00-110. Results from an analysis of a subset of these data were published before, but the analysis has been improved which is described here at length, together with details on the experimental setup. Furthermore, additional data have been analyzed resulting in photon electroproduction cross sections at new kinematic settings, for a total of 588 experimental bins. Results of the $Q^2$- and $$x_B$$-dependences of both the helicity-dependent and helicity-independent cross sections are discussed. The $Q^2$-dependence illustrates the dominance of the twist-2 handbag amplitude in the kinematics of the experiment, as previously noted. Thanks to the excellent accuracy of this high luminosity experiment, it becomes clear that the unpolarized cross section shows a significant deviation from the Bethe-Heitler process in our kinematics, compatible with a large contribution from the leading twist-2 DVCS$^2$ term to the photon electroproduction cross section. The necessity to include higher-twist corrections in order to fully reproduce the shape of the data is also discussed. The DVCS cross sections in this study represent the final set of experimental results from E00-110, superseding the previous publication.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1224880
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1225121
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-15-2038; DOE/OR/23177-3339; arXiv:1504.05453
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177; DOE-AC05-06OR23177
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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Defurne, M., Amaryan, M., Aniol, K. A., Beaumel, M., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Brossard, M., Camsonne, A., Chen, J. -P., Chudakov, E., Craver, B., Cusanno, F., de Jager, C. W., Deur, A., Feuerbach, R., Ferdi, C., Fieschi, J. -M., Frullani, S., Fuchey, E., Garçon, M., Garibaldi, F., Gayou, O., Gavalian, G., Gilman, R., Gomez, J., Gueye, P., Guichon, P. A. M., Guillon, B., Hansen, O., Hayes, D., Higinbotham, D., Holmstrom, T., Hyde, C. E., Ibrahim, H., Igarashi, R., Jiang, X., Jo, H. S., Kaufman, L. J., Kelleher, A., Keppel, C., Kolarkar, A., Kuchina, E., Kumbartzki, G., Laveissière, G., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Mazouz, M., Meziani, Z. -E., McCormick, K., Michaels, R., Michel, B., Moffit, B., Monaghan, P., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Nelyubin, V., Paremuzyan, R., Potokar, M., Qiang, Y., Ransome, R. D., Réal, J. -S., Reitz, B., Roblin, Y., Roche, J., Sabatié, F., Saha, A., Sirca, S., Slifer, K., Solvignon, P., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Ulmer, P. E., Voutier, E., Wang, K., Weinstein, L. B., Wojtsekhowski, B., Zheng, X., and Zhu, L. E00-110 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A: Deeply virtual Compton scattering off the proton at 6 GeV. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.055202.
Defurne, M., Amaryan, M., Aniol, K. A., Beaumel, M., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Brossard, M., Camsonne, A., Chen, J. -P., Chudakov, E., Craver, B., Cusanno, F., de Jager, C. W., Deur, A., Feuerbach, R., Ferdi, C., Fieschi, J. -M., Frullani, S., Fuchey, E., Garçon, M., Garibaldi, F., Gayou, O., Gavalian, G., Gilman, R., Gomez, J., Gueye, P., Guichon, P. A. M., Guillon, B., Hansen, O., Hayes, D., Higinbotham, D., Holmstrom, T., Hyde, C. E., Ibrahim, H., Igarashi, R., Jiang, X., Jo, H. S., Kaufman, L. J., Kelleher, A., Keppel, C., Kolarkar, A., Kuchina, E., Kumbartzki, G., Laveissière, G., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Mazouz, M., Meziani, Z. -E., McCormick, K., Michaels, R., Michel, B., Moffit, B., Monaghan, P., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Nelyubin, V., Paremuzyan, R., Potokar, M., Qiang, Y., Ransome, R. D., Réal, J. -S., Reitz, B., Roblin, Y., Roche, J., Sabatié, F., Saha, A., Sirca, S., Slifer, K., Solvignon, P., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Ulmer, P. E., Voutier, E., Wang, K., Weinstein, L. B., Wojtsekhowski, B., Zheng, X., & Zhu, L. E00-110 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A: Deeply virtual Compton scattering off the proton at 6 GeV. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.055202
Defurne, M., Amaryan, M., Aniol, K. A., Beaumel, M., Benaoum, H., Bertin, P., Brossard, M., Camsonne, A., Chen, J. -P., Chudakov, E., Craver, B., Cusanno, F., de Jager, C. W., Deur, A., Feuerbach, R., Ferdi, C., Fieschi, J. -M., Frullani, S., Fuchey, E., Garçon, M., Garibaldi, F., Gayou, O., Gavalian, G., Gilman, R., Gomez, J., Gueye, P., Guichon, P. A. M., Guillon, B., Hansen, O., Hayes, D., Higinbotham, D., Holmstrom, T., Hyde, C. E., Ibrahim, H., Igarashi, R., Jiang, X., Jo, H. S., Kaufman, L. J., Kelleher, A., Keppel, C., Kolarkar, A., Kuchina, E., Kumbartzki, G., Laveissière, G., LeRose, J. J., Lindgren, R., Liyanage, N., Lu, H. -J., Margaziotis, D. J., Mazouz, M., Meziani, Z. -E., McCormick, K., Michaels, R., Michel, B., Moffit, B., Monaghan, P., Muñoz Camacho, C., Nanda, S., Nelyubin, V., Paremuzyan, R., Potokar, M., Qiang, Y., Ransome, R. D., Réal, J. -S., Reitz, B., Roblin, Y., Roche, J., Sabatié, F., Saha, A., Sirca, S., Slifer, K., Solvignon, P., Subedi, R., Sulkosky, V., Ulmer, P. E., Voutier, E., Wang, K., Weinstein, L. B., Wojtsekhowski, B., Zheng, X., and Zhu, L. Tue . "E00-110 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A: Deeply virtual Compton scattering off the proton at 6 GeV". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.055202. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1224880.
@article{osti_1224880,
title = {E00-110 experiment at Jefferson Lab Hall A: Deeply virtual Compton scattering off the proton at 6 GeV},
author = {Defurne, M. and Amaryan, M. and Aniol, K. A. and Beaumel, M. and Benaoum, H. and Bertin, P. and Brossard, M. and Camsonne, A. and Chen, J. -P. and Chudakov, E. and Craver, B. and Cusanno, F. and de Jager, C. W. and Deur, A. and Feuerbach, R. and Ferdi, C. and Fieschi, J. -M. and Frullani, S. and Fuchey, E. and Garçon, M. and Garibaldi, F. and Gayou, O. and Gavalian, G. and Gilman, R. and Gomez, J. and Gueye, P. and Guichon, P. A. M. and Guillon, B. and Hansen, O. and Hayes, D. and Higinbotham, D. and Holmstrom, T. and Hyde, C. E. and Ibrahim, H. and Igarashi, R. and Jiang, X. and Jo, H. S. and Kaufman, L. J. and Kelleher, A. and Keppel, C. and Kolarkar, A. and Kuchina, E. and Kumbartzki, G. and Laveissière, G. and LeRose, J. J. and Lindgren, R. and Liyanage, N. and Lu, H. -J. and Margaziotis, D. J. and Mazouz, M. and Meziani, Z. -E. and McCormick, K. and Michaels, R. and Michel, B. and Moffit, B. and Monaghan, P. and Muñoz Camacho, C. and Nanda, S. and Nelyubin, V. and Paremuzyan, R. and Potokar, M. and Qiang, Y. and Ransome, R. D. and Réal, J. -S. and Reitz, B. and Roblin, Y. and Roche, J. and Sabatié, F. and Saha, A. and Sirca, S. and Slifer, K. and Solvignon, P. and Subedi, R. and Sulkosky, V. and Ulmer, P. E. and Voutier, E. and Wang, K. and Weinstein, L. B. and Wojtsekhowski, B. and Zheng, X. and Zhu, L.},
abstractNote = {We present final results on the photon electroproduction ($\vec{e}p\rightarrow ep\gamma$) cross section in the deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) regime and the valence quark region from Jefferson Lab experiment E00-110. Results from an analysis of a subset of these data were published before, but the analysis has been improved which is described here at length, together with details on the experimental setup. Furthermore, additional data have been analyzed resulting in photon electroproduction cross sections at new kinematic settings, for a total of 588 experimental bins. Results of the $Q^2$- and $x_B$-dependences of both the helicity-dependent and helicity-independent cross sections are discussed. The $Q^2$-dependence illustrates the dominance of the twist-2 handbag amplitude in the kinematics of the experiment, as previously noted. Thanks to the excellent accuracy of this high luminosity experiment, it becomes clear that the unpolarized cross section shows a significant deviation from the Bethe-Heitler process in our kinematics, compatible with a large contribution from the leading twist-2 DVCS$^2$ term to the photon electroproduction cross section. The necessity to include higher-twist corrections in order to fully reproduce the shape of the data is also discussed. The DVCS cross sections in this study represent the final set of experimental results from E00-110, superseding the previous publication.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.92.055202},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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