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Future physics with polarized protons at HERA
1999
Abstract The prospects of a physics program which can be addressed with polarized protons in HERA are summarized and compared to those of other existing or planned facilities. It is shown that polarised protons in HERA would provide unique access to several spin related observables of the nucleon and the photon in an unexplored kinematical range, if an appropriate level of polarization and luminosity can be achieved.
A unitary isobar model for pion photo- and electroproduction on the proton up to 1 GeV
1998
A new operator for pion photo- and electroproduction has been developed for nuclear applications at photon equivalent energies up to 1 GeV. The model contains Born terms, vector mesons and nucleon resonances ($P_{33}(1232)$, $P_{11}(1440)$, $D_{13}(1520)$, $S_{11}(1535)$, $F_{15}(1680)$, and $D_{33}(1700)$). The resonance contributions are included taking into account unitarity to provide the correct phases of the pion photoproduction multipoles. The $Q^2$ dependence of electromagnetic resonance vertices is described with appropriate form factors in the electromagnetic helicity amplitudes. Within this model we have obtained good agreement with the experimental data for pion photo- and elect…
Virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon at low energies
1996
We investigate the low-energy behavior of the four-point Green's function $\Gamma^{\mu\nu}$ describing virtual Compton scattering off the nucleon. Using Lorentz invariance, gauge invariance, and crossing symmetry, we derive the leading terms of an expansion of the operator in the four-momenta $q$ and $q'$ of the initial and final photon, respectively. The model-independent result is expressed in terms of the electromagnetic form factors of the free nucleon, i.e., on-shell information which one obtains from electron-nucleon scattering experiments. Model-dependent terms appear in the operator at $O(q_\alpha q'_\beta)$, whereas the orders $O(q_\alpha q_\beta)$ and $O(q'_\alpha q'_\beta)$ are c…
The Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn Sum Rule and the Spin Structure of the Nucleon
2004
The Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule is one of several dispersive sum rules that connect the Compton scattering amplitudes to the inclusive photoproduction cross sections of the target under investigation. Being based on such universal principles as causality, unitarity, and gauge invariance, these sum rules provide a unique testing ground to study the internal degrees of freedom that hold the system together. The present article reviews these sum rules for the spin-dependent cross sections of the nucleon by presenting an overview of recent experiments and theoretical approaches. The generalization from real to virtual photons provides a microscope of variable resolution: At small virtuality …
PHOTOPRODUCTION OF η AND η′ MESONS ON THE NUCLEON
2007
The isobar models η-MAID and η′-MAID have been used to analyze new data on quasi-free η photoproduction on the deuteron from Bonn and recent η′ data on the proton from Jlab. In η photoproduction on the neutron a bump around W = 1700 MeV was observed which could possibly arise from a narrow P11 state that is discussed as a non-strange member of the Θ+ antidecuplett. In η′ photoproduction on the proton resonance contributions are found that can be attributed to missing resonances in the energy region around W = 1900 MeV .
GT neutrino–nuclear responses for double beta decays and astro neutrinos
2015
Gamow–Teller nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) for pairs of ground-state-to-ground-state transitions, in particular their geometric mean NME , are studied. The observed means in the medium-heavy mass region are compared with the corresponding single-quasiparticle (qp) NMEs and the means calculated by the proton neutron qp random-phase approximation (pnQRPA). The NMEs turn out to be insensitive to the nucleon occupancy/vacancy amplitudes and to the particle–particle interaction parameter of the pnQRPA. The observed mean NMEs are found to be reduced by a coefficient relative to the effective qp NMEs and by a coefficient with respect to the pnQRPA NMEs. The reductions associated with the spin iso…
Multi-nucleon mechanism for subthreshold antiproton production in proton-nucleus reactions
1995
We study a many-body (multipion) mechanism for ¯p subthreshold production in proton-nucleus collisions. The incoming proton and the interacting nucleons in the target act as sources of pions that merge to produce a nucleon-antiproton pair. The calculation takes fully into account the initial state interaction and antiproton absorption in the final state. The cooperation of several nucleons in the initial state reduces the threshold for the reaction allowing for production rates that may account for 15–50% of the total ¯p production. We point out that this contribution should be added to the primary ¯p production mechanism due toΔ formation and rescattering, as found by other groups, and sho…
Pentaquark from QCD sum rules: consequences of the diquark approach
2006
In this work we investigate the consequences of the Jaffe and Wilczek diquark model in the framework of QCD sum rules. An analysis of the Theta^+(1540) as (ud)^2\bar{s} state shows that the mass of the pentaquark is compatible with the experimentally measured value. The mass difference between the Theta^+ and the pentaquark with the quantum numbers of the nucleon amounts to 70 MeV and is consistent with the interpretation of the N(1440) as a pentaquark.
Re-analysis of theΛ(1520)photoproduction reaction
2014
Based on previous studies that support the important role of the N*(2120)D-13 resonance in the gamma p -> K+ A(1520) reaction, we make a re-analysis of this A(1520) photoproduction reaction taking into account the recent CLAS differential cross-section data. In addition to the contact, t-channel (K) over bar exchange, s-channel nucleon pole, and N*(2120) [previously called N*(2080)] resonance contributions, which have been considered in previous works, we also study the u-channel A(1115) hyperon pole term. The latter mechanism has always been ignored in all theoretical analysis, which has mostly relied on the very forward K+ angular LEPS data. It is shown that when the contributions from th…
Theoretical analysis of the pp¯→π0e+e− process within a Regge framework
2013
Abstract We study the annihilation process p p ¯ → π 0 e + e − within a Regge framework, as a means to provide constraints on timelike nucleon form factors. We present results for the e + e − angular distributions and the differential cross sections in kinematics which will be accessible by PANDA@FAIR. To check the consistency of the model, we first test the approach on the process of real photon production, p ¯ p → π 0 γ , where data in the energy range of 2.911 GeV ⩽ s ⩽ 3.686 GeV exist. We find that a Regge pole model is able to well reproduce the available data. The analysis is then extended to a timelike virtual photon in the final state.