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Triple coincidence beam spin asymmetry measurements in Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering

Posted on:2012-05-31Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Old Dominion UniversityCandidate:Canan, MustafaFull Text:PDF
GTID:1450390008993301Subject:Physics
Abstract/Summary:
The Generalized Parton Distributions (GPDs) provides hitherto the most complete information about the quark structure of hadron. GPDs are accessible through hard-exclusive reactions, among which Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) is the cleanest reaction. A dedicated DVCS experiment on Hydrogen (E00-110) ran in the Hall A at Jefferson Laboratory in Fall 2004. I present here Beam Spin Asymmetry (BSA) results for the ep → epgamma reaction studied in the E00-110 experiment with fully exclusive triple coincidence H(e, e'gammap ) detection. I present a re-calibration of the electromagnetic calorimeter used to detect the high energy photon. This calibration is necessary to account for the effects of pile-up. The results show a 1-sigma disagreement with the double coincidence H(e, e'gamma )p results, I also presents a feasibility study for measurements of neutron GPDs via the 3He&d16; (e, e'gamma)ppn reaction on a polarized 3He target with JLab at 12 GeV. These measurements offer the prospect of a determination of all four GPDs.
Keywords/Search Tags:Measurements, Gpds, Coincidence
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