Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1051–1054 (1977); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1051

Longitudinal-Transverse Separation for Inclusive Electroproduction of Pions and Protons

C. J. Bebek, A. Browman, C. N. Brown, K. M. Hanson, R. V. Kline, D. Larson, F. M. Pipkin, S. W. Raither, A. Silverman, and L. K. Sisterson
Cornell University and Harvard University

Abstract

We use new measurements of the inclusive electroproduction reactions e + N --> e' + pią + X and e + N --> e' + p + X with epsilon values in the range 0.35 < epsilon < 0.45 together with earlier measurements with 0.85 < epsilon < 0.95 to determine the contributions to the cross section due to transversely and longitudinally polarized photons in the range 1.2 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 3.3 GeV^2. The longitudinal component is small and consistent with that observed in the total virtual-photoproduction cross section.

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