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    Two-Photon Effects in Lepton-AntiLepton Pair Photoproduction from a Nucleon Target using Real Photons

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    We consider the production of a lepton-antilepton pair by real photons off a hadronic target. The interference of one and two photon exchange amplitudes leads to a charge asymmetry term that may be calculated explicitly in the large-t limit in terms of hadronic distribution amplitudes. A rather compact expression emerges for the leading order asymmetry at fixed angle in the centre-of-mass of the lepton pair. The magnitude appears sizeable and is approximately independent of the pair mass in the asymptotic limit.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures. Title changed, references adde

    The Angular Momentum and g_1^p Sum Rules for the Proton

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    The gauge invariant operator formulation of the angular momentum sum rule 12=Jq+Jg{1\over2} = J_q + J_g for the proton is presented and contrasted with the sum rule for the first moment of the polarised structure function g1pg_1^p. The decoupling of the axial charge a0a^0 from the angular momentum sum rule is highlighted and the possible QCD field-theoretic basis for an angular momentum sum rule of the form {1\over2} = {1\over2}\D q + \D g + L_q + L_g is critically discussed.Comment: 5 pages, LaTeX, uses espcrc2.sty; invited talk at QCD00, Montpellier, July 200

    Counting Form Factors of Twist-Two Operators

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    We present a simple method to count the number of hadronic form factors based on the partial wave formalism and crossing symmetry. In particular, we show that the number of independent nucleon form factors of spin-n, twist-2 operators (the vector current and energy-momentum tensor being special examples) is n+1. These generalized form factors define the generalized (off-forward) parton distributions that have been studied extensively in the recent literature. In proving this result, we also show how the J^{PC} rules for onium states arise in the helicity formalism.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX (revtex
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