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Title: Single-spin asymmetries from two-photon exchange in elastic electron proton scattering

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OSTI ID:915335

The parity-conserving single-spin beam asymmetry of elastic electron-proton scattering is induced by an absorptive part of the two-photon exchange amplitude. We demonstrate that this asymmetry has logarithmic and double-logarithmic enhancement due to contributions of hard collinear quasi-real photons. An optical theorem is used to evaluate the asymmetry in terms of the total photoproduction cross section on the proton.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
915335
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-04-79; DOE/ER/40150-4341; TRN: US0804954
Resource Relation:
Conference: GDH 2004, Norfolk, Virginia, 2-5 Jun 2004.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English