Precision measurement of the p (e,e'p)π0 reaction at threshold

  • K. Chirapatpimol
  • , M. H. Shabestari
  • , R. A. Lindgren
  • , L. C. Smith
  • , J. R.M. Annand
  • , D. W. Higinbotham
  • , B. Moffit
  • , V. Nelyubin
  • , B. E. Norum
  • , K. Allada
  • , K. Aniol
  • , K. Ardashev
  • , D. S. Armstrong
  • , R. A. Arndt
  • , F. Benmokhtar
  • , A. M. Bernstein
  • , W. Bertozzi
  • , W. J. Briscoe
  • , L. Bimbot
  • , A. Camsonne
  • J. P. Chen, S. Choi, E. Chudakov, E. Cisbani, F. Cusanno, M. M. Dalton, C. Dutta, K. Egiyan, C. Fernàndez-Ramìrez, R. Feuerbach, K. G. Fissum, S. Frullani, F. Garibaldi, O. Gayou, R. Gilman, S. Gilad, J. Goity, J. Gomez, B. Hahn, D. Hamilton, J. O. Hansen, J. Huang, R. Igarashi, D. Ireland, C. W. De Jager, X. Jin, X. Jiang, T. Jinasundera, J. Kellie, C. E. Keppel, N. Kolb, J. Lerose, N. Liyanage, K. Livingston, D. McNulty, L. Mercado, R. Michaels, M. Mihovilovič, S. Qian, X. Qian, S. Mailyan, V. Mamyan, S. Marrone, P. Monaghan, S. Nanda, C. F. Perdrisat, E. Piasetzky, D. Protopopescu, V. Punjabi, Y. Qiang, I. A. Rachek, A. Rakhman, S. Riordan, G. Ron, G. Rosner, A. Saha, B. Sawatzky, A. Shahinyan, S. Širca, N. Sparveris, R. R. Subedi, R. Suleiman, I. Strakovsky, V. Sulkosky, J. Moinelo, H. Voskanyan, K. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Watson, D. Watts, B. Wojtsekhowski, R. L. Workman, H. Yao, X. Zhan, Y. Zhang

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Abstract

New results are reported from a measurement of π0 electroproduction near threshold using the p(e,e'p)π0 reaction. The experiment was designed to determine precisely the energy dependence of s- and p-wave electromagnetic multipoles as a stringent test of the predictions of chiral perturbation theory (ChPT). The data were taken with an electron beam energy of 1192 MeV using a two-spectrometer setup in Hall A at Jefferson Lab. For the first time, complete coverage of the φπ∗ and θπ∗ angles in the pπ0 center of mass was obtained for invariant energies above threshold from 0.5 up to 15 MeV. The 4-momentum transfer Q2 coverage ranges from 0.05 to 0.155(GeV/c)2 in fine steps. A simple phenomenological analysis of our data shows strong disagreement with p-wave predictions from ChPT for Q2>0.07(GeV/c)2, while the s-wave predictions are in reasonable agreement.

Original languageEnglish
Article number192503
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume114
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - May 13 2015
Externally publishedYes

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