Results in Physics (Jul 2022)

Coherent photoproduction of a π0-meson on a tensor-polarized deuteron at large momentum transfer

  • V.V. Gauzshtein,
  • B.I. Vasilishin,
  • E.M. Darwish,
  • A.I. Fix,
  • M.Ya. Kuzin,
  • M.I. Levchuk,
  • A.Yu. Loginov,
  • D.M. Nikolenko,
  • I.A. Rachek,
  • Yu.V. Shestakov,
  • D.K. Toporkov,
  • A.V. Yurchenko,
  • S.A. Zevakov,
  • B.A. Alexeev,
  • G.A. Karmanov,
  • S.P. Korneev,
  • D.D. Zaytsev,
  • I.K. Zaytsev,
  • I.A. Dementiev,
  • M.V. Shevelev,
  • D.A. Shkitov,
  • Z.M.M. Mahmoud

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38
p. 105573

Abstract

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Measured values of the tensor analyzing power T20for the coherent photoproduction of a π0-meson on a deuteron are analyzed in the region of large momentum transfer. The incident photons of the photoproduction reaction γd→dπ0are the quasi-real virtual photons arising from the electron scattering in the electroproduction reaction ed→edπ0. The kinematic region of large momentum transfer is of particular interest, as it corresponds to small inter-nucleon distances in the deuteron. In this case, the amplitude of the process under study is noticeably sensitive to both the deuteron wave function at small inter-nucleon distances and the various model uncertainties arising from the description of the process for large momentum transfer. A comparison shows a significant discrepancy between the experimental data and the predictions from a number of theoretical models.

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