Knockout of charged ρ mesons from a nucleon by high-energy electrons in the quasielastic-kinematics region with the participation of transverse virtual photons

Autor: D. K. Fedorov, Igor T. Obukhovsky, L. L. Sviridova, V. G. Neudatchin
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Physics of Atomic Nuclei. 73:1203-1206
ISSN: 1562-692X
1063-7788
DOI: 10.1134/s1063778810070148
Popis: The electroproduction of charged ρ mesons on a nucleon under conditions of quasielastic kinematics (Q2 = 2−3 (GeV/c)2, W = 2 GeV) is considered. Dominant diagrams are taken into account. It is shown that the transverse cross section for ρ-meson knockout, in just the same was as the respective longitudinal cross section, is dominated by the t-pole diagram involving a virtual ρ meson. This means that the leading contribution to the process comes from direct ρ-meson knockout.
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