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Title: Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on transversely polarized protons

Abstract

Exclusive ρ0-meson electroproduction is studied by the HERMES experiment, using the 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron/positron beam of HERA and a transversely polarized hydrogen target, in the kinematic region 1.0 GeV2 < Q2 < 7.0 GeV2, 3.0 GeV < W < 6.3 GeV, and –t' < 0.4 GeV2. Using an unbinned maximum-likelihood method, 25 parameters are extracted. These determine the real and imaginary parts of the ratios of several helicity amplitudes describing ρ0-meson production by a virtual photon. The denominator of those ratios is the dominant amplitude, the nucleon-helicity-non-flip amplitude F01/201/2, which describes the production of a longitudinal ρ0-meson by a longitudinal virtual photon. The ratios of nucleon-helicity-non-flip amplitudes are found to be in good agreement with those from the previous HERMES analysis. The transverse target polarization allows for the first time the extraction of ratios of a number of nucleon-helicity-flip amplitudes to F01/201/2. Results obtained in a handbag approach based on generalized parton distributions taking into account the contribution from pion exchange are found to be in good agreement with these ratios. Within the model, the data favor a positive sign for the π - ρ transition form factor. By also exploiting the longitudinal beam polarization, a total ofmore » 71 ρ0 spin-density matrix elements is determined from the extracted 25 parameters, in contrast to only 53 elements as directly determined in earlier analyses.« less

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Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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USDOE
Contributing Org.:
The HERMES Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1395956
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 77; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Belostotski, S., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bryzgalov, V., Capitani, G. P., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Sanctis, E., Düren, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Goloskokov, S. V., Holler, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Kisselev, A., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Kroll, P., Lagamba, L., Lapikás, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Lorenzon, W., Manaenkov, S. I., Marianski, B., Marukyan, H., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Nass, A., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Petrosyan, A., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Schäfer, A., Schnell, G., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Statera, M., Terkulov, A., Truty, R., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Yaschenko, S., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P. Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on transversely polarized protons. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4899-1.
Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Belostotski, S., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bryzgalov, V., Capitani, G. P., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Sanctis, E., Düren, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Goloskokov, S. V., Holler, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Kisselev, A., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Kroll, P., Lagamba, L., Lapikás, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Lorenzon, W., Manaenkov, S. I., Marianski, B., Marukyan, H., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Nass, A., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Petrosyan, A., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Schäfer, A., Schnell, G., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Statera, M., Terkulov, A., Truty, R., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Yaschenko, S., Zihlmann, B., & Zupranski, P. Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on transversely polarized protons. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4899-1
Airapetian, A., Akopov, N., Akopov, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Augustyniak, W., Belostotski, S., Blok, H. P., Borissov, A., Bryzgalov, V., Capitani, G. P., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Deconinck, W., De Leo, R., De Sanctis, E., Düren, M., Elbakian, G., Ellinghaus, F., Felawka, L., Frullani, S., Garibaldi, F., Gavrilov, G., Gharibyan, V., Goloskokov, S. V., Holler, Y., Ivanilov, A., Jackson, H. E., Joosten, S., Kaiser, R., Karyan, G., Kisselev, A., Korotkov, V., Kozlov, V., Kravchenko, P., Kroll, P., Lagamba, L., Lapikás, L., Lehmann, I., Lenisa, P., Lorenzon, W., Manaenkov, S. I., Marianski, B., Marukyan, H., Miyachi, Y., Movsisyan, A., Muccifora, V., Nass, A., Nowak, W. -D., Pappalardo, L. L., Petrosyan, A., Reimer, P. E., Reolon, A. R., Riedl, C., Rith, K., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, A., Ryckbosch, D., Salomatin, Y., Schäfer, A., Schnell, G., Seitz, B., Shibata, T. -A., Shutov, V., Statera, M., Terkulov, A., Truty, R., Trzcinski, A., Tytgat, M., Van Haarlem, Y., Van Hulse, C., Veretennikov, D., Vikhrov, V., Vilardi, I., Yaschenko, S., Zihlmann, B., and Zupranski, P. Thu . "Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on transversely polarized protons". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4899-1. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1395956.
@article{osti_1395956,
title = {Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on transversely polarized protons},
author = {Airapetian, A. and Akopov, N. and Akopov, Z. and Aschenauer, E. C. and Augustyniak, W. and Belostotski, S. and Blok, H. P. and Borissov, A. and Bryzgalov, V. and Capitani, G. P. and Ciullo, G. and Contalbrigo, M. and Deconinck, W. and De Leo, R. and De Sanctis, E. and Düren, M. and Elbakian, G. and Ellinghaus, F. and Felawka, L. and Frullani, S. and Garibaldi, F. and Gavrilov, G. and Gharibyan, V. and Goloskokov, S. V. and Holler, Y. and Ivanilov, A. and Jackson, H. E. and Joosten, S. and Kaiser, R. and Karyan, G. and Kisselev, A. and Korotkov, V. and Kozlov, V. and Kravchenko, P. and Kroll, P. and Lagamba, L. and Lapikás, L. and Lehmann, I. and Lenisa, P. and Lorenzon, W. and Manaenkov, S. I. and Marianski, B. and Marukyan, H. and Miyachi, Y. and Movsisyan, A. and Muccifora, V. and Nass, A. and Nowak, W. -D. and Pappalardo, L. L. and Petrosyan, A. and Reimer, P. E. and Reolon, A. R. and Riedl, C. and Rith, K. and Rosner, G. and Rostomyan, A. and Ryckbosch, D. and Salomatin, Y. and Schäfer, A. and Schnell, G. and Seitz, B. and Shibata, T. -A. and Shutov, V. and Statera, M. and Terkulov, A. and Truty, R. and Trzcinski, A. and Tytgat, M. and Van Haarlem, Y. and Van Hulse, C. and Veretennikov, D. and Vikhrov, V. and Vilardi, I. and Yaschenko, S. and Zihlmann, B. and Zupranski, P.},
abstractNote = {Exclusive ρ0-meson electroproduction is studied by the HERMES experiment, using the 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron/positron beam of HERA and a transversely polarized hydrogen target, in the kinematic region 1.0 GeV2 < Q2 < 7.0 GeV2, 3.0 GeV < W < 6.3 GeV, and –t' < 0.4 GeV2. Using an unbinned maximum-likelihood method, 25 parameters are extracted. These determine the real and imaginary parts of the ratios of several helicity amplitudes describing ρ0-meson production by a virtual photon. The denominator of those ratios is the dominant amplitude, the nucleon-helicity-non-flip amplitude F01/201/2, which describes the production of a longitudinal ρ0-meson by a longitudinal virtual photon. The ratios of nucleon-helicity-non-flip amplitudes are found to be in good agreement with those from the previous HERMES analysis. The transverse target polarization allows for the first time the extraction of ratios of a number of nucleon-helicity-flip amplitudes to F01/201/2. Results obtained in a handbag approach based on generalized parton distributions taking into account the contribution from pion exchange are found to be in good agreement with these ratios. Within the model, the data favor a positive sign for the π - ρ transition form factor. By also exploiting the longitudinal beam polarization, a total of 71 ρ0 spin-density matrix elements is determined from the extracted 25 parameters, in contrast to only 53 elements as directly determined in earlier analyses.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4899-1},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields},
number = 6,
volume = 77,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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