Measurement of the cross section for hard exclusive $π^0$ leptoproduction
Creators: name: Alexeev, M. G.
name: Alexeev, G. D.
name: Amoroso, A.
name: Andrieux, V.
name: Anfimov, N. V.
name: Anosov, V.
name: Antoshkin, A.
name: Augsten, K.
name: Augustyniak, W.
name: Azevedo, C. D. R.
name: Badelek, B.
name: Balestra, F.
name: Ball, M.
name: Barth, J.
name: Beck, R.
name: Bedfer, Y.
name: Bernhard, J.
name: Bodlak, M.
name: Bordalo, P.
name: Bradamante, F.
name: Bressan, A.
name: Buechele, M.
name: Burtsev, V. E.
name: Chang, W. -C.
name: Chatterjee, C.
name: Chiosso, M.
name: Chumakov, A. G.
name: Chung, S. -U.
name: Cicuttin, A.
name: Crespo, M. L.
name: Torre, S. Dalla
name: Dasgupta, S. S.
name: Dasgupta, S.
name: Denisov, O. Yu.
name: Dhara, L.
name: Donskov, S. V.
name: Doshita, N.
name: Dreisbach, Ch.
name: Duennweber, W.
name: Dusaev, R. R.
name: Efremov, A.
name: Eversheim, P. D.
name: Faessler, M.
name: Ferrero, A.
name: Finger, M.
name: Finger, M.
name: Fischer, H.
name: Franco, C.
name: von Hohenesche, N. du Fresne
name: Friedrich, J. M.
name: Frolov, V.
name: Fuchey, E.
name: Gautheron, F.
name: Gavrichtchouk, O. P.
name: Gerassimov, S.
name: Giarra, J.
name: Gnesi, I.
name: Gorzellik, M.
name: Grasso, A.
name: Gridin, A.
name: Perdekamp, M. Grosse
name: Grube, B.
name: Guskov, A.
name: Hahne, D.
name: Hamar, G.
name: von Harrach, D.
name: Heitz, R.
name: Herrmann, F.
name: Horikawa, N.
name: d'Hose, N.
name: Hsieh, C. -Y.
name: Huber, S.
name: Ishimoto, S.
name: Ivanov, A.
name: Iwata, T.
name: Jandek, M.
name: Jary, T.
name: Joosten, R.
name: Joerg, P.
name: Juraskova, K.
name: Kabuss, E.
name: Kaspar, F.
name: Kerbizi, A.
name: Ketzer, B.
name: Khaustov, G. V.
name: Khokhlov, Yu. A.
name: Kisselev, Yu.
name: Klein, F.
name: Koivuniemi, J. H.
name: Kolosov, V. N.
name: Kondo, K.
name: Konorov, I.
name: Konstantinov, V. F.
name: Kotzinian, A. M.
name: Kouznetsov, O. M.
name: Kral, Z.
name: Kraemer, M.
name: Krinner, F.
name: Kroumchtein, Z. V.
name: Kulinich, Y.
name: Kunne, F.
name: Kurek, K.
name: Kurjata, R. P.
name: Kveton, A.
name: Levorato, S.
name: Lian, Y. -S.
name: Lichtenstadt, J.
name: Lin, P. -J.
name: Longo, R.
name: Lyubovitskij, V. E.
name: Maggiora, A.
name: Magnon, A.
name: Makins, N.
name: Makke, N.
name: Mallot, G. K.
name: Mamon, S. A.
name: Marianski, B.
name: Martin, A.
name: Marzec, J.
name: Matousek, J.
name: Matsuda, T.
name: Meshcheryakov, G. V.
name: Meyer, M.
name: Meyer, W.
name: Mikhailov, Yu. V.
name: Mikhasenko, M.
name: Mitrofanov, E.
name: Mitrofanov, N.
name: Miyachi, Y.
name: Moretti, A.
name: Naim, C.
name: Nagaytsev, A.
name: Neyret, D.
name: Novy, J.
name: Nowak, W. -D.
name: Nukazuka, G.
name: Nunes, A. S.
name: Olshevskiy, A. G.
name: Ostrick, M.
name: Panzieri, D.
name: Parsamyan, B.
name: Paul, S.
name: Peng, J. -C.
name: Pereira, F.
name: Pesek, M.
name: Peshekhonov, D. V.
name: Peskova, M.
name: Pierre, N.
name: Platchkov, S.
name: Pochodzalla, J.
name: Polyakov, V. A.
name: Pretz, J.
name: Quaresma, M.
name: Quintans, C.
name: Ramos, S.
name: Regali, C.
name: Reicherz, G.
name: Riedl, C.
name: Ryabchikov, D. I.
name: Rybnikov, A.
name: Rychter, A.
name: Samoylenko, V. D.
name: Sandacz, A.
name: Sarkar, S.
name: Savin, I. A.
name: Sbrizzai, G.
name: Schmieden, H.
name: Selyunin, A.
name: Silva, L.
name: Sinha, L.
name: Slunecka, M.
name: Smolik, J.
name: Srnka, A.
name: Steffen, D.
name: Stolarski, M.
name: Subrt, O.
name: Sulc, M.
name: Suzuki, H.
name: Szabelski, A.
name: Szameitat, T.
name: Sznajder, P.
name: Tessaro, S.
name: Tessarotto, F.
name: Thiel, A.
name: Tomsa, J.
name: Tosello, F.
name: Tskhay, V.
name: Uhl, S.
name: Vasilishin, B. I.
name: Vauth, A.
name: Veit, B. M.
name: Veloso, J.
name: Vidon, A.
name: Virius, M.
name: Wagner, M.
name: Wallner, S.
name: Wilfert, M.
name: Zaremba, K.
name: Zavada, P.
name: Zavertyaev, M.
name: Zemlyanichkina, E.
name: Zhao, Y.
name: Ziembicki, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a measurement of hard exclusive $π^0$ muoproduction on the proton by COMPASS using 160 GeV/$c$ polarised $μ^+$ and $μ^-$ beams of the CERN SPS impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. From the average of the measured $μ^+$ and $μ^-$ cross sections, the virtual-photon proton cross section is determined as a function of the squared four-momentum transfer between initial and final proton in the range $0.08\,(\text{GeV/}c)^2 &lt; |t| &lt; 0.64\,(\text{GeV/}c)^2$. The average kinematics of the measurement are $\langle Q^2 \rangle =2.0\; {(\text{GeV}/c)^2}$, $\langle ν\rangle = 12.8\; {\text{GeV}}$, $\langle x_{Bj} \rangle = 0.093 $ and $\langle -t \rangle = 0.256\; {(\text{GeV}/c)^2} $. Fitting the azimuthal dependence reveals a combined contribution by transversely and longitudinally polarised photons of $(8.1 \ \pm \ 0.9_{\text{stat}}{}_{- \ 1.0}^{+ \ 1.1}\big\rvert_{\text{sys}})\,{\text{nb}}/{(\text{GeV}/c)^{2}}$, as well as transverse-transverse and longitudinal-transverse interference contributions of $(-6.0 \pm 1.3_{\text{stat}}{}_{- \ 0.7}^{+ \ 0.7}\big\rvert_{\text{sys}})\,{\text{nb}}/{(\text{GeV}/c)^{2}}$ and $(1.4 \pm 0.5_{\text{stat}}{}_{- \ 0.2}^{+ \ 0.3}\big\rvert_{\text{sys}})\,{\text{nb}}/{(\text{GeV}/c)^{2}}$, respectively. Our results provide important input for modelling Generalised Parton Distributions. In the context of the phenomenological Goloskokov-Kroll model, the statistically significant transverse-transverse interference contribution constitutes clear experimental evidence for the chiral-odd GPD $\overline{E}_T$.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures