Search for a two-photon exchange contribution to inclusive deep-inelastic scattering

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作者
Rith, Klaus [1 ]
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[1] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Phys, D-91038 Erlangen, Germany
来源
19TH INTERNATIONAL SPIN PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (SPIN2010), PT 2 | 2011年 / 295卷
关键词
POSITRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON; INVARIANCE; VIOLATION; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN;
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10.1088/1742-6596/295/1/012107
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
The transverse-target single-spin asymmetry for inclusive deep-inelastic scattering with effectively unpolarized electron and positron beams off a transversely polarized hydrogen target was measured, with the goal of searching for a two-photon exchange signal in the kinematic range 0.007 < x(B) < 0.9 and 0.25 GeV2 < Q(2) < 20 GeV2. In two separate regions Q(2) > 1 GeV2 and Q(2) < 1 GeV2, and for both electron and positron beams, the asymmetries are found to be consistent with zero within statistical and systematic uncertainties, which are of order 10(-3) for the asymmetries integrated over x(B).
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