Neutral Pion Electroproduction in the ? Resonance Region

Download or read book Neutral Pion Electroproduction in the ? Resonance Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electroproduction of baryon resonances at high Q2 is examined. Analysis focuses on the ?(1232) resonance via exclusive pseudoscalar meson production of ?0 particles. Differential cross sections are extracted for exclusive ?0 electroproduction. In the central invariant mass (W) region the cross sections are used to extract resonant multipole amplitudes. In particular, the ratio of the electric quadrupole to magnetic dipole amplitudes (E2/M1) will be discussed for the ?(1232) resonance. The transition to pQCD is discussed in terms of E2/M1 and other multipoles. The helicity amplitude A3/2 can be used as a baryon helicity conservation meter in this context and will be discussed. The fast shrinking of the resonant contribution in the ? region is observed at this high momentum transfer. Apart from the observables related to pQCD scaling, the transition form factor G$*\atop{M}$ is extracted along with the scalar to magnetic dipole ratio C2/M1.