Exploring the Micro-Structure of the Proton: from Form Factors to DVCS

Abstract

For a long time people made the mistake of thinking the proton was understood. New experiments, ranging from form factors to deeply virtual Compton scattering, promise a new era of highly informative studies. Among the controversial topics of the future may be such basic features as the physical size of the proton, the role of quark orbital angular momentum, and the possibility of making "femto-photographic" images of hadronic micro-structure.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figures, presented by John Ralston at the Workshop on "Testing QCD through Spin Observables in Nuclear Targets", University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 18-2