On chiral-odd Generalized Parton Distributions

Details On chiral-odd Generalized Parton Distributions On chiral-odd Generalized Parton Distributions

2010-11-16

arxiv.org/abs/1011.3838v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of 35th International Conference on High Energy Physics, (ICHEP 2010), Paris, France, Ju

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While the chiral-even content of the nucleon is better and better studied, the chiral-odd transversity generalized parton distributions (GPDs) remain almost unknown. These GPDs can be accessed experimentally through the exclusive photoproduction process gamma + N -> pi + rho + N', in the kinematics where the meson pair has a large invariant mass and the final nucleon has a small transverse momentum, provided the vector meson is produced in a transversally polarized state. We calculate perturbatively the scattering amplitude at leading order in alpha_s. We build a simple model for the dominant transversity GPD H_T(x,xi,t) based on the concept of double distribution. We estimate the unpolarized differential cross section for this process in the kinematics of the Jlab and COMPASS experiments. Counting rates show that the experiment looks feasible with the real and quasi real photon beam characteristics expected at JLab@12 GeV, and with the quasi real photon beam in the COMPASS experiment.

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