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Title: Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for Q 2 > 1 GeV 2 . II. e p e π 0 p

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive π0 electroproduction reaction γ*p → pπ0, expanding an analysis of the γ*p → nπ+ reaction from the same experiment. 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 ranges covered are 1.1 < W < 3 GeV and 1 < Q2 < 6 GeV2. Results were obtained for about 5700 bins in W, Q2, cos(θ*), and φ*. The beam-target asymmetries were found to generally be greater than zero, with relatively modest φ* dependence. The target asymmetries exhibit very strong φ* dependence, with a change in sign occurring between results at low W and high W, in contrast to π+ electroproduction. Reasonable agreement is found with phenomenological fits to previous data for W <1.6 GeV, but significant differences are seen at higher W. When combined with cross-sectional measurements, as well as π+ observables, the present results will provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q2, for resonances with masses as high as 2.4 GeV.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council; Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Contributing Organization:
CLAS Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150; AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH11357; SC0016583; FG02-07ER41528
OSTI ID:
1348182
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1347814; OSTI ID: 1373715; OSTI ID: 1439720
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-16-2388; DOE/OR/23177-4014; arXiv:1611.04987; PRVCAN; TRN: US1700598
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 95, Issue 3; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 6 works
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