Unique Access to -Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction
Abstract
Backward-angle meson electroproduction above the resonance region, which was previously ignored, is anticipated to offer unique access to the three quark plus sea component of the nucleon wave function. In this Letter, we present the first complete separation of the four electromagnetic structure functions above the resonance region in exclusive ω electroproduction off the proton, ep→e^{'}pω, at central Q^{2} values of 1.60, 2.45 GeV^{2}, at W=2.21 GeV. The results of our pioneering -u≈-u_{min} study demonstrate the existence of a unanticipated backward-angle cross section peak and the feasibility of full L/T/LT/TT separations in this never explored kinematic territory. At Q^{2}=2.45 GeV^{2}, the observed dominance of σ_{T} over σ_{L}, is qualitatively consistent with the collinear QCD description in the near-backward regime, in which the scattering amplitude factorizes into a hard sub-process amplitude and baryon to meson transition distribution amplitudes: universal nonperturbative objects only accessible through backward-angle kinematics.
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- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); National Science Centre (Poland)
- Contributing Org.:
- Jefferson Lab Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1572901
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1573494; OSTI ID: 1830333
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-19-3091; DOE/OR/23177-4799; arXiv:1910.00464
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US2100206
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FRN: SPAPIN-2016-00031; AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH11357; 2017/26/M/ST2/01074; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Li, W. B., Huber, G. M., Blok, H. P., Gaskell, D., Horn, T., Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K., Pire, B., Szymanowski, L., Laget, J. -M., Aniol, K., Arrington, J., Beise, E. J., Boeglin, W., Brash, E. J., Breuer, H., Chang, C. C., Christy, M. E., Ent, R., Gibson, E. F., Holt, R. J., Jin, S., Jones, M. K., Keppel, C. E., Kim, W., King, P. M., Kovaltchouk, V., Liu, J., Lolos, G. J., Mack, D. J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Matsumura, A., Meekins, D., Miyoshi, T., Mkrtchyan, H., Niculescu, I., Okayasu, Y., Pentchev, L., Perdrisat, C., Potterveld, D., Punjabi, V., Reimer, P. E., Reinhold, J., Roche, J., Roos, P. G., Sarty, A., Smith, G. R., Tadevosyan, V., Tang, L. G., Tvaskis, V., Volmer, J., Vulcan, W., Warren, G., Wood, S. A., Xu, C., and Zheng, X. Unique Access to u-Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.182501.
Li, W. B., Huber, G. M., Blok, H. P., Gaskell, D., Horn, T., Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K., Pire, B., Szymanowski, L., Laget, J. -M., Aniol, K., Arrington, J., Beise, E. J., Boeglin, W., Brash, E. J., Breuer, H., Chang, C. C., Christy, M. E., Ent, R., Gibson, E. F., Holt, R. J., Jin, S., Jones, M. K., Keppel, C. E., Kim, W., King, P. M., Kovaltchouk, V., Liu, J., Lolos, G. J., Mack, D. J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Matsumura, A., Meekins, D., Miyoshi, T., Mkrtchyan, H., Niculescu, I., Okayasu, Y., Pentchev, L., Perdrisat, C., Potterveld, D., Punjabi, V., Reimer, P. E., Reinhold, J., Roche, J., Roos, P. G., Sarty, A., Smith, G. R., Tadevosyan, V., Tang, L. G., Tvaskis, V., Volmer, J., Vulcan, W., Warren, G., Wood, S. A., Xu, C., & Zheng, X. Unique Access to u-Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.182501
Li, W. B., Huber, G. M., Blok, H. P., Gaskell, D., Horn, T., Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K., Pire, B., Szymanowski, L., Laget, J. -M., Aniol, K., Arrington, J., Beise, E. J., Boeglin, W., Brash, E. J., Breuer, H., Chang, C. C., Christy, M. E., Ent, R., Gibson, E. F., Holt, R. J., Jin, S., Jones, M. K., Keppel, C. E., Kim, W., King, P. M., Kovaltchouk, V., Liu, J., Lolos, G. J., Mack, D. J., Margaziotis, D. J., Markowitz, P., Matsumura, A., Meekins, D., Miyoshi, T., Mkrtchyan, H., Niculescu, I., Okayasu, Y., Pentchev, L., Perdrisat, C., Potterveld, D., Punjabi, V., Reimer, P. E., Reinhold, J., Roche, J., Roos, P. G., Sarty, A., Smith, G. R., Tadevosyan, V., Tang, L. G., Tvaskis, V., Volmer, J., Vulcan, W., Warren, G., Wood, S. A., Xu, C., and Zheng, X. Thu .
"Unique Access to u-Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.182501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1572901.
@article{osti_1572901,
title = {Unique Access to u-Channel Physics: Exclusive Backward-Angle Omega Meson Electroproduction},
author = {Li, W. B. and Huber, G. M. and Blok, H. P. and Gaskell, D. and Horn, T. and Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K. and Pire, B. and Szymanowski, L. and Laget, J. -M. and Aniol, K. and Arrington, J. and Beise, E. J. and Boeglin, W. and Brash, E. J. and Breuer, H. and Chang, C. C. and Christy, M. E. and Ent, R. and Gibson, E. F. and Holt, R. J. and Jin, S. and Jones, M. K. and Keppel, C. E. and Kim, W. and King, P. M. and Kovaltchouk, V. and Liu, J. and Lolos, G. J. and Mack, D. J. and Margaziotis, D. J. and Markowitz, P. and Matsumura, A. and Meekins, D. and Miyoshi, T. and Mkrtchyan, H. and Niculescu, I. and Okayasu, Y. and Pentchev, L. and Perdrisat, C. and Potterveld, D. and Punjabi, V. and Reimer, P. E. and Reinhold, J. and Roche, J. and Roos, P. G. and Sarty, A. and Smith, G. R. and Tadevosyan, V. and Tang, L. G. and Tvaskis, V. and Volmer, J. and Vulcan, W. and Warren, G. and Wood, S. A. and Xu, C. and Zheng, X.},
abstractNote = {Backward-angle meson electroproduction above the resonance region, which was previously ignored, is anticipated to offer unique access to the three quark plus sea component of the nucleon wave function. In this Letter, we present the first complete separation of the four electromagnetic structure functions above the resonance region in exclusive ω electroproduction off the proton, ep→e^{'}pω, at central Q^{2} values of 1.60, 2.45 GeV^{2}, at W=2.21 GeV. The results of our pioneering -u≈-u_{min} study demonstrate the existence of a unanticipated backward-angle cross section peak and the feasibility of full L/T/LT/TT separations in this never explored kinematic territory. At Q^{2}=2.45 GeV^{2}, the observed dominance of σ_{T} over σ_{L}, is qualitatively consistent with the collinear QCD description in the near-backward regime, in which the scattering amplitude factorizes into a hard sub-process amplitude and baryon to meson transition distribution amplitudes: universal nonperturbative objects only accessible through backward-angle kinematics.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.182501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 18,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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