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Title: Measurement of the Generalized Polarizabilities of the Proton in Virtual Compton Scattering at Q 2 = 0.92 and 1.76 G e V 2

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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We report a Virtual Compton Scattering study of the proton at low CM energies. We have determined the structure functions P{sub LL} - P{sub TT}/{epsilon} and P{sub LT}, and the electric and magnetic Generalized Polarizabilities (GPs) {alpha}{sub E}(Q{sup 2}) and {beta}{sub M}(Q{sup 2}) at momentum transfer Q{sup 2} = 0.92 and 1.76 GeV{sup 2}. The electric GP shows a strong fall-off with Q{sup 2}, and its global behavior does not follow a simple dipole form. The magnetic GP shows a rise and then a fall-off; this can be interpreted as the dominance of a long-distance diamagnetic pion cloud at low Q{sup 2}, compensated at higher Q{sup 2} by a paramagnetic contribution from {pi}N intermediate states.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
Contributing Organization:
Jefferson Lab Hall A Collaboration
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
834099
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-04-35; DOE/ER/40150-2953; hep-ph/0404243; PRLTAO; TRN: US0407061
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 93, Issue 12; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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