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Title: Exclusive photoproduction of π0 up to large values of Mandelstam variables s , t , and u with CLAS

Abstract

Exclusive photoproduction cross sections have been measured for the process $$\gamma p \rightarrow p\pi^0(e^+e^-(\gamma))$$ with the Dalitz decay final state using tagged photon energies in the range of $$E_{\gamma} = 1.275-5.425$$ GeV. The complete angular distribution of the final state $$\pi^0$$, for the entire photon energy range up to large values of $$t$$ and $$u$$, has been measured for the first time. The data obtained show that the cross section $$d\sigma/dt$$, at mid to large angles, decreases with energy as $$s^{-6.89\pm 0.26} $$. This is in agreement with the perturbative QCD quark counting rule prediction of $$s^{-7} $$. Paradoxically, the size of angular distribution of measured cross sections is greatly underestimated by the QCD based Generalized Parton Distribution mechanism at highest available invariant energy $s=11$ GeV$^2$. At the same time, the Regge-exchange-based models for $$\pi^0$$ photoproduction are more consistent with experimental data.

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Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States); Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
CLAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1461599
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1461455; OSTI ID: 1462020; OSTI ID: 1464055; OSTI ID: 1491830; OSTI ID: 1656768
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-18-2673; DOE/OR/23177-4403; arXiv:1712.10314
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; 015207
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-06OR23177; SC0016583; FG02-07ER41528; FG02-96ER40960; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; nuclear structure & decays; particle interactions

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Kunkel, M. C., Amaryan, M. J., Strakovsky, I. I., Ritman, J., Goldstein, G. R., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Degtyarenko, P. V., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Ghosh, S., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Laget, J. M., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Lersch, D., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mbianda Njencheu, G., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, A., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Stepanyan, S., Ireland, D. G., Sokhan, D., Sober, D. I., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Weinstein, L., Wei, X., Weygand, D. P., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W. Exclusive photoproduction of π0 up to large values of Mandelstam variables s,t, and u with CLAS. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.98.015207.
Kunkel, M. C., Amaryan, M. J., Strakovsky, I. I., Ritman, J., Goldstein, G. R., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Degtyarenko, P. V., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Ghosh, S., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Laget, J. M., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Lersch, D., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mbianda Njencheu, G., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, A., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Stepanyan, S., Ireland, D. G., Sokhan, D., Sober, D. I., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Weinstein, L., Wei, X., Weygand, D. P., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., & Zhao, Z. W. Exclusive photoproduction of π0 up to large values of Mandelstam variables s,t, and u with CLAS. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.015207
Kunkel, M. C., Amaryan, M. J., Strakovsky, I. I., Ritman, J., Goldstein, G. R., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Degtyarenko, P. V., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Ghosh, S., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Laget, J. M., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Lersch, D., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mbianda Njencheu, G., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, A., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schadmand, S., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Stepanyan, S., Ireland, D. G., Sokhan, D., Sober, D. I., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Weinstein, L., Wei, X., Weygand, D. P., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W. Wed . "Exclusive photoproduction of π0 up to large values of Mandelstam variables s,t, and u with CLAS". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.98.015207.
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abstractNote = {Exclusive photoproduction cross sections have been measured for the process $\gamma p \rightarrow p\pi^0(e^+e^-(\gamma))$ with the Dalitz decay final state using tagged photon energies in the range of $E_{\gamma} = 1.275-5.425$ GeV. The complete angular distribution of the final state $\pi^0$, for the entire photon energy range up to large values of $t$ and $u$, has been measured for the first time. The data obtained show that the cross section $d\sigma/dt$, at mid to large angles, decreases with energy as $s^{-6.89\pm 0.26} $. This is in agreement with the perturbative QCD quark counting rule prediction of $s^{-7} $. Paradoxically, the size of angular distribution of measured cross sections is greatly underestimated by the QCD based Generalized Parton Distribution mechanism at highest available invariant energy $s=11$ GeV$^2$. At the same time, the Regge-exchange-based models for $\pi^0$ photoproduction are more consistent with experimental data.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.98.015207},
journal = {Physical Review. C},
number = 1,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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