A measurement of the Q(2), W and t dependences of deeply virtual Compton scattering at HERA

S. Chekanov*, M. Derrick, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, D. Nicholass, J. Repond, R. Yoshida, M. C. K. Mattingly, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, F. Cindolo, M. Corradi, G. Iacobucci, A. Margotti, T. MassamR. Nania, A. Polini, S. Antonelli, M. Basile, M. Bindi, L. Cifarelli, A. Contin, F. Palmonari, S. De Pasquale, G. Sartorelli, A. Zichichi, D. Bartsch, I. Brock, H. Hartmann, E. Hilger, H. -P. Jakob, M. Juengst, A. E. Nuncio-Quiroz, U. Samson, V. Schoenberg, R. Shehzadi, M. Wlasenko, N. H. Brook, G. P. Heath, M. Kaur, P. Kaur, I. Singh, M. Capua, S. Fazio, A. Pellegrino, ZEUS Collaboration

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Abstract

Deeply virtual Compton scattering, gamma*p -> gamma p, has been measured in e(+)p collisions at HERA with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 61.1 pb(-1). Cross sections are presented as a function of the photon virtuality, Q(2), and photon-proton centre-of-mass energy, W, for a wide region of the phase space, Q(2) > 1.5GeV(2) and 40 <W <170GeV. A subsample of events in which the scattered proton is measured in the leading proton spectrometer, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31.3 pb(-1), is used for the first direct measurement of the differential cross section as a function of t, where t is the square of the four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May-2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Lepton-Nucleon Scattering
  • CENTRAL TRACKING DETECTOR
  • ZEUS BARREL CALORIMETER
  • J/PSI MESONS
  • EXCLUSIVE ELECTROPRODUCTION
  • ELASTIC ELECTROPRODUCTION
  • LEADING PROTON
  • PHOTOPRODUCTION
  • CONSTRUCTION
  • DESIGN
  • IDENTIFICATION

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