Exclusive ω meson muoproduction on transversely polarised protons

Collaboration
Jun 12, 2016
22 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 915 (2017) 454-475,
  • Nucl.Phys.B 915 (2017) 454-475
  • Published: Feb, 2017
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2016-157
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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)
Exclusive production of ω mesons was studied at the COMPASS experiment by scattering 160 GeV/c muons off transversely polarised protons. Five single-spin and three double-spin azimuthal asymmetries were measured in the range of photon virtuality 1 (GeV/c)2<Q2<10 (GeV/c)2, Bjorken scaling variable 0.003<xBj<0.3 and transverse momentum squared of the ω meson 0.05 (GeV/c)2<pT2<0.5 (GeV/c)2. The measured asymmetries are sensitive to the nucleon helicity-flip Generalised Parton Distributions (GPD) E that are related to the orbital angular momentum of quarks, the chiral-odd GPDs HT that are related to the transversity Parton Distribution Functions, and the sign of the πω transition form factor. The results are compared to recent calculations of a GPD-based model.
Note:
  • 23 pages, 9 figures
  • muon+ p: scattering
  • muon nucleus: nuclear reaction
  • polarized target: transverse
  • parton: distribution function
  • angular distribution: asymmetry
  • quark: angular momentum
  • form factor: transition
  • omega(783): exclusive production
  • omega(783): leptoproduction
  • scaling: Bjorken