Measurements of H-polarized D-polarized (gamma-polarized, pi) and Implications for Convergence of the GDH Integral
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We report new measurements of inclusive pion production from frozen-spin HD for polarized photon beams covering the Delta(1232) resonance. These provide data simultaneously on both H and D with nearly complete angular distributions of the spin-difference cross sections entering the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn (GDH) sum rule. Recent results from Mainz and Bonn exceed the GDH prediction for the proton by 22 microbarns, suggesting as yet unmeasured high-energy components. Our pi0 data reveal a different angular dependence than assumed in Mainz analyses and integrate to a value that is 18 microbarns lower, suggesting a more rapid convergence. Our results for deuterium are somewhat lower than published data, considerably more precise and generally lower than available calculations.- 13.60.Hb
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- photon nucleon: inelastic scattering
- pi: photoproduction
- photon: polarized beam
- polarized target
- hydrogen: deuterium
- sum rule: Drell-Hearn-Gerasimov
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