205 research outputs found
Production of a pion in association with a high-Q2 dilepton pair in antiproton-proton annihilation at GSI-FAIR
We evaluate the cross section for anti-p p -> l+ l- pi0 in the forward
direction and for large lepton pair invariant mass. In this kinematical region,
the leading-twist amplitude factorises into a short-distance matrix element,
long-distance dominated antiproton Distribution Amplitudes and proton to pion
Transition Distribution Amplitudes (TDA). Using a modelling inspired from the
chiral limit for these TDAs, we obtain a first estimate of this cross section,
thus demonstrating that this process can be measured at GSI-FAIR.Comment: Latex, 5 pages, 3 figure
u-Channel Color Transparency Observables
We propose to study the onset of color transparency in hard exclusive
reactions in the backward regime. Guided by the encouraging JLab results on
backward pion and omega electro-production data at moderate Q^2, which may be
interpreted as the signal of an early scaling regime where the scattering
amplitude factorizes in a hard coefficient function convoluted with nucleon to
meson transition distribution amplitudes, we show that the study of these
channels on nuclear targets opens a new opportunity to test the appearance of
nuclear color transparency for a fast moving nucleon
Exclusive diffractive photoproduction of dileptons by timelike Compton scattering
We derive the forward photoproduction amplitude for the diffractive reaction in the momentum space. within the formalism of
- factorization. Predictions for the reaction
are given using unintegrated gluon distribution from the literature. We
calculate the total cross section as a function of photon-proton center of mass
energy and the invariant mass distribution of the lepton pair. We also discuss
whether the production of timelike virtual photons can be approximated by
continuing to the spacelike domain . The present calculation provides
an input for future predictions for exclusive hadroproduction in the reaction.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Off-Forward Parton Distributions in 1+1 Dimensional QCD
We use two-dimensional QCD as a toy laboratory to study off-forward parton
distributions (OFPDs) in a covariant field theory. Exact expressions (to
leading order in ) are presented for OFPDs in this model and are
evaluated for some specific numerical examples. Special emphasis is put on
comparing the and regimes as well as on analyzing the
implications for the light-cone description of form factors.Comment: Revtex, 6 pages, 4 figure
Hadron Helicity Violation in Exclusive Processes: Quantitative Calculations in Leading Order QCD
We study a new mechanism for hadronic helicity flip in high energy hard
exclusive reactions. The mechanism proceeds in the limit of perfect chiral
symmetry, namely without any need to flip a quark helicity. The fundamental
feature of the new mechanism is the breaking of rotational symmetry of the hard
collision by a scattering plane in processes involving independent quark
scattering. We show that in the impulse approximation there is no evidence for
of the helicity violating process as the energy or momentum transfer is
increased over the region 1 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 100 GeV^2. In the asymptotic region
Q^2> 1000 GeV^2, a saddle point approximation with doubly logarithmic accuracy
yields suppression by a fraction of power of Q^2. ``Chirally--odd" exclusive
wave functions which carry non--zero orbital angular momentum and yet are
leading order in the high energy limit, play an important role.Comment: uuencoded LaTeX file (21 pages) and PostScript figure
Wide-angle elastic scattering and color randomization
Baryon-baryon elastic scattering is considered in the independent scattering
(Landshoff) mechanism. It is suggested that for scattering at moderate
energies, direct and interchange quark channels contribute with equal color
coefficients because the quark color is randomized by soft gluon exchange
during the hadronization stage. With this assumption, it is shown that the
ratio of cross sections at CM angle
decreases from a high energy value of R_{\pbar p / pp} \approx 1/2.7, down to
R_{\pbar p / pp} \approx 1/28, compatible with experimental data at moderate
energies. This sizable fall in the ratio seems to be characteristic of the
Landshoff mechanism, in which changes at the quark level have a strong effect
precisely because the hadronic process occurs via multiple quark scatterings.
The effect of color randomization on the angular distribution of proton-proton
elastic scattering and the cross section ratio is also discussed.Comment: 18 pages, latex2e, 4 uuencoded figures, include
Positivity bounds on generalized parton distributions in impact parameter representation
New positivity bounds are derived for generalized (off-forward) parton
distributions using the impact parameter representation. These inequalities are
stable under the evolution to higher normalization points. The full set of
inequalities is infinite. Several particular cases are considered explicitly.Comment: 8 page
Probing partonic structure in gamma* gamma -> pi pi near threshold
Hadron pair production gamma* gamma -> h hbar in the region where the c.m.
energy is much smaller than the photon virtuality can be described in a
factorized form, as the convolution of a partonic handbag diagram and
generalized distribution amplitudes which are new non-perturbative functions
describing the exclusive fragmentation of a quark-antiquark pair into two
hadrons. Scaling behavior and a selection rule on photon helicity are
signatures of this mechanism. The case where h is a pion is emphasized.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX2
The Proton Electromagnetic Form Factor and Quark Orbital Angular Momentum
We analyze the proton electromagnetic form factor ratio
as a function of momentum transfer
within perturbative QCD. We find that the prediction for at large
momentum transfer depends on the exclusive quark wave functions, which are
unknown. For a wide range of wave functions we find that $ QF_2/F_1 \sim\
const$ at large momentum transfer, in agreement with recent JLAB data.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Proceedings of the Workshop QCD
2002, IIT Kanpur, 18-22 November (2002
Hard Exclusive Pion Electroproduction at Backward Angles With CLAS
We report on the first measurement of cross sections for exclusive deeply virtual pion electroproduction off the proton, ep â e\u27nÏ+, above the resonance region at backward pion center-of-mass angles. The Ïâ Ï-dependent cross sections were measured, from which we extracted three combinations of structure functions of the proton. Our results are compatible with calculations based on nucleon-to-pion transition distribution amplitudes (TDAs). These non-perturbative objects are defined as matrix elements of threequark-light-cone-operators and characterize partonic correlations with a particular emphasis on baryon charge distribution inside a nucleon
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