Abstract
Exclusive ρ0-meson electroproduction is studied in the HERMES experiment, using a 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron/positron beam and unpolarized hydrogen and deuterium targets in the kinematic region 0.5 GeV2<Q2<7.0 GeV2, 3.0 GeV < W < 6.3 GeV, and -t′ < 0.4 GeV2. Real and imaginary parts of the ratios of the natural-parity-exchange helicity amplitudes T11 (γT* → ρT), T01 (γT* → ρL), T10 (γL* → ρT) and T1-1 (γ-T* → ρT) to T00 (γL* → ρL) are extracted from the data. For the unnatural-parity-exchange amplitude U11, the ratio {pipe}U11/T00{pipe} is obtained. The Q2 and t′ dependences of these ratios are presented and compared with perturbative QCD predictions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 1609 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-25 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | European Physical Journal C |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)