Exclusive ω meson production at COMPASS

Exclusive ω meson production is studied by the COMPASS Collaboration using the CERN 160 GeV/ c muon beam and a transversely polarised proton target. Single-spin and double-spin asymmetries are measured, some of which are sensitive to the Generalised Parton Distributions E that are related to quark orbital angular momenta. The results, which are sensitive also to the pion-pole contribution to the production mechanism, are compared to the predictions of a phenomenological model.