1. First Measurement of the $Q^2$ Dependence of the Beam-Normal Single Spin Asymmetry for Elastic Scattering off Carbon
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P. Herrmann, Concettina Sfienti, S. Širca, K. Aulenbacher, M. Dehn, B. S. Schlimme, Ivica Friščić, F. E. Maas, J. Müller, J. Beričič, D. Bosnar, S. Štajner, M. Hoek, B. Spruck, U. Müller, Michaela Thiel, Kent Paschke, H. Fonvieille, A. Weber, S. Baunack, S. Kegel, M. O. Distler, J. Pochodzalla, T. Kolar, M. Mihovilovic, V. Tioukine, H. J. Kreidel, Y. Kohl, C. Palatchi, Mikhail Gorchtein, Anselm Esser, A. Tyukin, L. Correa, Patrick Achenbach, M. Schoth, Harald Merkel, S. Heidrich, F. Schulz, F. Nillius, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)
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carbon: target ,electron: polarized beam ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Electron ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,momentum transfer dependence ,01 natural sciences ,Asymmetry ,Mainz Linac ,0103 physical sciences ,gallium: arsenic ,polarization: transverse ,elektronsko raspršenje ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Spin-½ ,media_common ,Physics ,Elastic scattering ,form factor: ratio ,form factor: charge ,exchange: two-photon ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,nucleus: target ,izmjena dva fotona ,electron nucleus: elastic scattering ,Charge (physics) ,amplitude analysis ,NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics ,PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika ,spin: asymmetry: measured ,Elektronsko raspršenje, izmjena dva fotona ,Amplitude ,Cover (topology) ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Atomic physics ,radiation: laser ,Beam (structure) ,photoelectron ,experimental results - Abstract
We report on the first Q^{2}-dependent measurement of the beam-normal single spin asymmetry A_{n} in the elastic scattering of 570 MeV vertically polarized electrons off ^{12}C. We cover the Q^{2} range between 0.02 and 0.05 GeV^{2}/c^{2} and determine A_{n} at four different Q^{2} values. The experimental results are compared to a theoretical calculation that relates A_{n} to the imaginary part of the two-photon exchange amplitude. The result emphasizes that the Q^{2} behavior of A_{n} given by the ratio of the Compton to charge form factors cannot be treated independently of the target nucleus.
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- 2018
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