1. Hard exclusive electroproduction of π+π− pairs
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A. Airapetian, N. Akopov, Z. Akopov, M. Amarian, V.V. Ammosov, A. Andrus, E.C. Aschenauer, W. Augustyniak, R. Avakian, A. Avetissian, E. Avetissian, P. Bailey, D. Balin, V. Baturin, M. Beckmann, S. Belostotski, S. Bernreuther, N. Bianchi, H.P. Blok, H. Böttcher, A. Borissov, A. Borysenko, M. Bouwhuis, J. Brack, A. Brüll, V. Bryzgalov, G.P. Capitani, T. Chen, G. Ciullo, M. Contalbrigo, P.F. Dalpiaz, R. De Leo, M. Demey, L. De Nardo, E. De Sanctis, E. Devitsin, P. Di Nezza, M. Düren, M. Ehrenfried, A. Elalaoui-Moulay, G. Elbakian, F. Ellinghaus, U. Elschenbroich, R. Fabbri, A. Fantoni, A. Fechtchenko, L. Felawka, S. Frullani, G. Gapienko, V. Gapienko, F. Garibaldi, K. Garrow, E. Garutti, G. Gavrilov, V. Gharibyan, G. Graw, O. Grebeniouk, L.G. Greeniaus, I.M. Gregor, K.A. Griffioen, K. Hafidi, M. Hartig, D. Hasch, D. Heesbeen, M. Henoch, R. Hertenberger, W.H.A. Hesselink, A. Hillenbrand, M. Hoek, Y. Holler, B. Hommez, G. Iarygin, A. Ivanilov, A. Izotov, H.E. Jackson, A. Jgoun, R. Kaiser, E. Kinney, A. Kisselev, M. Kopytin, V. Korotkov, V. Kozlov, B. Krauss, V.G. Krivokhijine, L. Lagamba, L. Lapikás, A. Laziev, P. Lenisa, P. Liebing, L.A. Linden-Levy, K. Lipka, W. Lorenzon, H. Lu, J. Lu, S. Lu, B.-Q. Ma, B. Maiheu, N.C.R. Makins, Y. Mao, B. Marianski, H. Marukyan, F. Masoli, V. Mexner, N. Meyners, O. Mikloukho, C.A. Miller, Y. Miyachi, V. Muccifora, A. Nagaitsev, E. Nappi, Y. Naryshkin, A. Nass, M. Negodaev, W.-D. Nowak, K. Oganessyan, H. Ohsuga, A. Osborne, N. Pickert, S. Potashov, D.H. Potterveld, M. Raithel, D. Reggiani, P.E. Reimer, A. Reischl, A.R. Reolon, C. Riedl, K. Rith, G. Rosner, A. Rostomyan, L. Rubacek, J. Rubin, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Salomatin, I. Sanjiev, I. Savin, A. Schäfer, C. Schill, G. Schnell, K.P. Schüler, J. Seele, R. Seidl, B. Seitz, R. Shanidze, C. Shearer, T.-A. Shibata, V. Shutov, K. Sinram, W. Sommer, M. Stancari, M. Statera, E. Steffens, J.J.M. Steijger, H. Stenzel, J. Stewart, F. Stinzing, P. Tait, H. Tanaka, S. Taroian, B. Tchuiko, A. Terkulov, A. Tkabladze, A. Trzcinski, M. Tytgat, A. Vandenbroucke, P. van der Nat, G. van der Steenhoven, Y. van Haarlem, M.C. Vetterli, V. Vikhrov, M.G. Vincter, C. Vogel, M. Vogt, J. Volmer, C. Weiskopf, J. Wendland, J. Wilbert, G. Ybeles Smit, Y. Ye, Z. Ye, S. Yen, B. Zihlmann, and P. Zupranski
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Physics ,HERMES experiment ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Meson ,Isovector ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Isoscalar ,Nuclear Theory ,Parton ,01 natural sciences ,Helicity ,Nuclear physics ,Pion ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Invariant mass ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics - Abstract
Hard exclusive electroproduction of π + π − pairs off hydrogen and deuterium targets has been studied by the HERMES experiment at DESY. Legendre moments 〈 P 1 〉 and 〈 P 3 〉 of the angular distributions of π + mesons in the center-of-mass frame of the pair have been measured for the first time. Their dependence on the π + π − invariant mass can be understood as being due to the interference between relative P -wave (isovector) and S -, D -wave (isoscalar) states of the two pions. The increase in magnitude of 〈 P 1 〉 as Bjorken x increases is interpreted in the framework of generalized parton distributions as an enhancement of flavour non-singlet q q ¯ exchange for larger values of x , which leads to a sizable admixture of isoscalar and isovector pion pairs. In addition, the interference between P -wave and D -wave states separately for transverse and longitudinal pion pairs has been studied. The data indicate that in the f 2 ( 1270 ) region at 〈 Q 2 〉 = 3 GeV 2 higher-twist effects can be as large as the leading-twist longitudinal component.
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- 2004
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