Energetic neutrons produced in ep collisions at HERA have been studied with the ZEUS detector in the photoproduction regime at a mean photon-proton center-of-mass energy of 220 GeV. The neutrons carry a large fraction 0.64 < x(L) < 0.925 of the incoming proton energy, and the four-momentum transfer squared at the proton-neutron vertex is small, vertical bar t vertical bar < 0.425 GeV(2). The x(L) distribution of the neutrons is measured in bins of t. The (1 - x(L)) distributions in the t bins studied satisfy a power law dN/dx(L) proportional to (1 - x(L))(a(t)), with the powers a(t) following a linear function of t: a(t) = 0.88 +/- 0.09(stat.)(-0.39)(+0.34) (syst.) - (2.81 +/- 0.42(stat.)(-0.62)(+1.13) (syst.) GeV(-2))t. This result is consistent with the expectations of pion-exchange models, in which the incoming proton fluctuates to a neutron-pion state, and the electron interacts with the pion.

CHEKANOV S., DERRICK M., KRAKAUER D., LOIZIDES JH., MAGILL S., MIGLIORANZI S., et al. (2005). Study of the pion trajectory in the photoproduction of leading neutrons at HERA. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 610, 199-211 [10.1016/j.physletb.2005.01.101].

Study of the pion trajectory in the photoproduction of leading neutrons at HERA

BASILE, MAURIZIO;CIFARELLI, LUISA;CONTIN, ANDREA;PALMONARI, FEDERICO;SARTORELLI, GABRIELLA;ZICHICHI, ANTONINO;
2005

Abstract

Energetic neutrons produced in ep collisions at HERA have been studied with the ZEUS detector in the photoproduction regime at a mean photon-proton center-of-mass energy of 220 GeV. The neutrons carry a large fraction 0.64 < x(L) < 0.925 of the incoming proton energy, and the four-momentum transfer squared at the proton-neutron vertex is small, vertical bar t vertical bar < 0.425 GeV(2). The x(L) distribution of the neutrons is measured in bins of t. The (1 - x(L)) distributions in the t bins studied satisfy a power law dN/dx(L) proportional to (1 - x(L))(a(t)), with the powers a(t) following a linear function of t: a(t) = 0.88 +/- 0.09(stat.)(-0.39)(+0.34) (syst.) - (2.81 +/- 0.42(stat.)(-0.62)(+1.13) (syst.) GeV(-2))t. This result is consistent with the expectations of pion-exchange models, in which the incoming proton fluctuates to a neutron-pion state, and the electron interacts with the pion.
2005
CHEKANOV S., DERRICK M., KRAKAUER D., LOIZIDES JH., MAGILL S., MIGLIORANZI S., et al. (2005). Study of the pion trajectory in the photoproduction of leading neutrons at HERA. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 610, 199-211 [10.1016/j.physletb.2005.01.101].
CHEKANOV S.; DERRICK M.; KRAKAUER D.; LOIZIDES JH.; MAGILL S.; MIGLIORANZI S.; MUSGRAVE B.; REPOND J.; YOSHIDA R.; MATTINGLY MCK.; ANTONIOLI P.; BARI ...espandi
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