Evidence for longitudinal photon polarization in muon-pair production by pions

K. J. Anderson; R. N. Coleman; K. P. Karhi; C. B. Newman; J. E. Pilcher; E. I. Rosenberg; J. J. Thaler; G. E. Hogan; K. T. McDonald; G. H. Sanders; A. J.S. Smith

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1219

Evidence for longitudinal photon polarization in muon-pair production by pions

K. J. Anderson, R. N. Coleman, K. P. Karhi, C. B. Newman, J. E. Pilcher, E. I. Rosenberg, J. J. Thaler, G. E. Hogan, K. T. McDonald, G. H. Sanders, A. J.S. Smith

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Data on-pair production by pions are examined as a function of x and PT for longitudinal photon polarization. Evidence in the form of a sin2* term in the helicity angular distribution is observed for x near 1. This is conclusive evidence that production in this region is not predominantly through on-shell quark annihilation. The result is consistent with a calculation based on quantum chromodynamics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1219-1222
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	43
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1219
State	Published - 1979

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Evidence for longitudinal photon polarization in muon-pair production by pions. / Anderson, K. J.; Coleman, R. N.; Karhi, K. P.; Newman, C. B.; Pilcher, J. E.; Rosenberg, E. I.; Thaler, J. J.; Hogan, G. E.; McDonald, K. T.; Sanders, G. H.; Smith, A. J.S.

In: Physical review letters, Vol. 43, No. 17, 1979, p. 1219-1222.

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