First measurement of π-e→π-eγ pion virtual compton scattering

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2002-09-01

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Ocherashvili, A.
Alkhazov, G.
Atamantchouk, A. G.
Balatz, M. Y.
Bondar, N. F.
Cooper, P. S.
Dauwe, L. J.
Davidenko, G. V.
Dersch, U.
Dolgolenko, A. G.

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Pion virtual compton scattering (VCS) via the reaction π-e→π-eγ was observed in the Fermilab E781 SELEX experiment. SELEX used a 600 GeV/c π- beam incident on target atomic electrons, detecting the incident π- and the final state π-, electron and γ. Theoretical predictions based on chiral perturbation theory are incorporated into a Monte Carlo simulation of the experiment and are compared to the data. The number of reconstructed events (=9) and their distribution with respect to the kinematic variables (for the kinematic region studied) are in reasonable accord with the predictions. The corresponding π- VCS experimental cross section is σ=38.8±13 nb, in agreement with the theoretical expectation of σ=34.7 nb.

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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, v. 66, n. 3, p. 346131-346139, 2002.