CLAS Physics Database

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Abstract
The ep->e'pρ0 reaction has been measured, using the 5.754 GeV electron beam of Jefferson Lab and the CLAS detector. This represents the largest ever set of data for this reaction in the valence region. Integrated and differential cross sections are presented. The W, Q2 and t dependences of the cross section are compared to theoretical calculations based on t-channel meson-exchange Regge theory on the one hand and on quark handbag diagrams related to Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) on the other hand. The Regge approach can describe at the ~30% level most of the features of the present data while the two GPD calculations that are presented in this article which succesfully reproduce the high energy data strongly underestimate the present data. The question is then raised whether this discrepancy originates from an incomplete or inexact way of modelling the GPDs or the associated hard scattering amplitude or whether the GPD formalism is simply inapplicable in this region due to higher-twists contributions, incalculable at present.
Publication
  1. S.A.Morrow, M.Guidal, M.Garcon, J.M.Laget, E.S.Smith, and CLAS Collaboration Exclusive ρ0 electroproduction on the proton at CLAS // Eur.Phys.J.A39,5-31(2009)
Quantities
σ σL σT σTT σTL dσ/dt L/dt T/dt Rρ dσ/dφ r0004 r1-104 r111 b σT + εσL dσ/dcos(θHSπ+)

Measurements

ID Quantity Beam Target Final state Q2min,
GeV2
Q2max,
GeV2
Wmin,
GeV
Wmax,
GeV
E46M101 σTL e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M102 r0004 e p ρ0 p 1.725 5.353 None None
E46M103 r0004 e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M104 r0004 e p ρ0 p 1.752 2.32 None None
E46M105 r0004 e p ρ0 p 1.785 2.639 None None
E46M106 r0004 e p ρ0 p 2.05 3.295 None None
E46M107 r0004 e p ρ0 p 2.35 3.807 None None
E46M108 r0004 e p ρ0 p 2.95 4.307 None None
E46M109 r0004 e p ρ0 p 3.85 4.35 None None
E46M110 r0004 e p ρ0 p 4.352 4.85 None None
E46M111 r0004 e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M112 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 1.725 5.353 None None
E46M113 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M114 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 1.752 2.32 None None
E46M115 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 1.785 2.639 None None
E46M116 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 2.05 3.295 None None
E46M117 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 2.35 3.807 None None
E46M118 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 2.95 4.307 None None
E46M119 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 3.85 4.35 None None
E46M120 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 4.352 4.85 None None
E46M121 r1-104 e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M122 r111 e p ρ0 p 1.725 5.353 None None
E46M123 r111 e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M124 r111 e p ρ0 p 1.752 2.32 None None
E46M125 r111 e p ρ0 p 1.785 2.639 None None
E46M126 r111 e p ρ0 p 2.05 3.295 None None
E46M127 r111 e p ρ0 p 2.35 3.807 None None
E46M128 r111 e p ρ0 p 2.95 4.307 None None
E46M129 r111 e p ρ0 p 3.85 4.35 None None
E46M130 r111 e p ρ0 p 4.352 4.85 None None
E46M131 r111 e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M132 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M133 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 1.752 1.752 None None
E46M134 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.042 2.042 None None
E46M135 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.32 2.32 None None
E46M136 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 1.785 1.785 None None
E46M137 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.05 2.05 None None
E46M138 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M139 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.639 2.639 None None
E46M140 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.05 2.05 None None
E46M141 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M142 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.65 2.65 None None
E46M143 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M144 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.295 3.295 None None
E46M145 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M146 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.65 2.65 None None
E46M147 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M148 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.35 3.35 None None
E46M149 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.807 3.807 None None
E46M150 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M151 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.35 3.35 None None
E46M152 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.85 3.85 None None
E46M153 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 4.307 4.307 None None
E46M154 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 3.85 3.85 None None
E46M155 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 4.35 4.35 None None
E46M156 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 4.352 4.352 None None
E46M157 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 4.85 4.85 None None
E46M158 dσ/dcos(θHSπ+) e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M159 Rρ e p ρ0 p 1.725 5.353 None None
E46M160 Rρ e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M161 Rρ e p ρ0 p 1.752 2.32 None None
E46M162 Rρ e p ρ0 p 1.785 2.639 None None
E46M163 Rρ e p ρ0 p 2.05 3.295 None None
E46M164 Rρ e p ρ0 p 2.35 3.807 None None
E46M165 Rρ e p ρ0 p 2.95 4.307 None None
E46M166 Rρ e p ρ0 p 3.85 4.35 None None
E46M167 Rρ e p ρ0 p 4.352 4.85 None None
E46M168 Rρ e p ρ0 p 5.353 5.353 None None
E46M169 σL e p ρ0 p 1.725 5.353 1.88157 2.76629
E46M170 σL e p ρ0 p 1.6 1.9 2.2114 2.76629
E46M171 σL e p ρ0 p 1.9 2.2 2.09055 2.63458
E46M172 σL e p ρ0 p 2.2 2.5 1.99874 2.70454
E46M173 σL e p ρ0 p 2.5 2.8 2.09586 2.58305
E46M174 σL e p ρ0 p 2.8 3.1 1.98752 2.42957
E46M175 σL e p ρ0 p 3.1 3.6 2.08964 2.51033
E46M176 σL e p ρ0 p 3.6 4.1 2.00745 2.21065
E46M177 σL e p ρ0 p 4.1 4.6 1.91371 2.10688
E46M178 σL e p ρ0 p 4.6 5.1 1.99516 1.99516
E46M179 σL e p ρ0 p 5.1 5.6 1.88157 1.88157
E46M180 L/dt e p ρ0 p 1.725 1.725 None None
E46M181 L/dt e p ρ0 p 1.752 1.752 None None
E46M182 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.042 2.042 None None
E46M183 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.32 2.32 None None
E46M184 L/dt e p ρ0 p 1.785 1.785 None None
E46M185 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.05 2.05 None None
E46M186 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M187 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.639 2.639 None None
E46M188 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.05 2.05 None None
E46M189 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M190 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.65 2.65 None None
E46M191 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M192 L/dt e p ρ0 p 3.295 3.295 None None
E46M193 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.35 2.35 None None
E46M194 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.65 2.65 None None
E46M195 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M196 L/dt e p ρ0 p 3.35 3.35 None None
E46M197 L/dt e p ρ0 p 3.807 3.807 None None
E46M198 L/dt e p ρ0 p 2.95 2.95 None None
E46M199 L/dt e p ρ0 p 3.35 3.35 None None
E46M200 L/dt e p ρ0 p 3.85 3.85 None None