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CLAS Measurement of the pi^0 Electroproduction Structure Functions

Conference ·
OSTI ID:915217
Electroproduction of the Delta(1232) is well suited for the study of mechanisms responsible for resonance formation and decay.The Q^2 dependence of the quadrupole electric (E_1+) and scalar (S_1+) multipoles in the gamma*N-->Delta-->Npi transition is especially sensitive to details of the quark wave functions and the evolution from pion to quark degrees of freedom.New pi^0 electroproduction data taken with CLAS at Jefferson Lab are compared to recent models which incorporate the dynamical effects of the pion cloud.The ratios E_1+ / M_1+ and S_1+ / M_1+ are extracted using a partial wave analysis over the interval Q^2=0.4-1.8 GeV^2.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
915217
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-02-179; DOE/ER/40150-4334
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English