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Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off the neutron

Journal Article · · Phys.Rev.Lett

The present experiment exploits the interference between the Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) and the Bethe-Heitler processes to extract the imaginary part of DVCS amplitudes on the neutron and on the deuteron from the helicity-dependent D$$({\vec e},e'\gamma)X$$ cross section measured at $Q^2$=1.9 GeV$^2$ and $$x_B$$=0.36. We extract a linear combination of generalized parton distributions (GPDs) particularly sensitive to $$E_q$$, the least constrained GPD. A model dependent constraint on the contribution of the up and down quarks to the nucleon spin is deduced.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
OSTI ID:
914441
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-07-707; DOE/OR/23177-0131; arXiv:0709.0450
Journal Information:
Phys.Rev.Lett, Journal Name: Phys.Rev.Lett Vol. 99
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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