Published July 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin Effects in Exclusive ρ0 Meson Production at COMPASS Experiment

  • 1. The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw (Poland)

Description

Preliminary results from exclusive production of ρ0 mesons at the COMPASS experiment at CERN, using a 160 GeV polarized muon beam and a large polarized nuclear target, are presented. The studied reaction is exclusive incoherent ρ0 production, μN → μNρ0, with N being the nucleon in any of the nuclei of the target. The measurements were done in a wide range of Q2: 0.01 < Q2 < 10 GeV2, at (W) ∼ 10 GeV. The results for r0400, r11-1, r041-1 and Imr31-1 ρ0 spin density matrix elements and the ratio R = σL/σT, based on 700 000 events selected from the year 2002 data, are shown and commented. (author)

Availability note (English)

Also available at http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/acta/

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
PACS numbers: 13.60.Le, 14.40.Cs, 13.88.+e

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series B
Journal Volume
B35
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 2363-2377
ISSN
0587-4254

Conference

Title
Cracow Epiphany Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy
Dates
6-8 Jan 2005
Place
Cracow (Poland)

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
KBN Grant SPUB 621/E-78/SPB/CERN/P-03/DWM 576/2003-2006
Notes
19 refs., 5 figs., 2 tabs.
Collaborations
COMPASS Collaboration
Funding organization
Polish State Committee for Scientific Research, Warsaw (Poland)