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Title: Electroproduction of ppi+pi- off protons at 0.2<0.6 GeV^2 and 1.3 < W < 1.57 GeV with CLAS.

Journal Article · · Physical Review C

This paper reports on the most comprehensive data set obtained on differential and fully integrated cross sections for the process $$e p \rightarrow e' p \pi^{+} \pi^{-} $$. The data were collected with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. Measurements were carried out in the so-far unexplored kinematic region of photon virtuality 0.2 $$<$$ $$Q^{2}$$ $$<$$ 0.6 GeV$$^{2}$$ and invariant mass of the final hadron system $$W$$ from 1.3 to 1.57~GeV. For the first time, nine independent 1-fold differential cross sections were determined in each bin of $$W$$ and $$Q^{2}$$ covered by the measurements. A phenomenological analysis of the data allowed us to establish the most significant mechanisms contributing to the reaction. The non-resonant mechanisms account for a major part of cross-sections. However, we find sensitivity to s-channel excitations of low-mass nucleon resonances, especially to the $$N(1440)P_{11}$$ and $$N(1520)D_{13}$$ states in kinematical dependencies of the 1-fold

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-060R23177
OSTI ID:
956210
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-08-871; arXiv:0809.1562; DOE/OR/23177-0464; PRVCAN; TRN: US1004940
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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