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Main Authors: Castro, Abigail R., Mezrag, Cédric, Chávez, Jose M. Morgado, Pire, Bernard
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02657
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author Castro, Abigail R.
Mezrag, Cédric
Chávez, Jose M. Morgado
Pire, Bernard
author_facet Castro, Abigail R.
Mezrag, Cédric
Chávez, Jose M. Morgado
Pire, Bernard
contents Mesons' internal structure and dynamics may be accessed through hard exclusive electroproduction processes such as deeply virtual Compton scattering in both near forward and near backward kinematics. With the help of the Sullivan process which allows us to use a nucleon target as a quasi-real $π$ meson emitter, we study backward scattering in the framework of collinear QCD factorization where pion-to-photon transition distribution amplitudes describe the photon content of the $π$ meson. We present a model of these TDAs based on the overlap of lightfront wave functions primarily developed for generalized parton distributions, using a previously developed pion lightfront wave function and deriving a new model for the lightfront wave functions of the photon. This leads us to an estimate of the cross-sections for JLab energies. We conclude that deeply virtual $ep\rightarrow eγM n$ processes, in backward kinematics, may be experimentally discovered in the near future.
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spellingShingle Backward DVCS in a Sullivan process
Castro, Abigail R.
Mezrag, Cédric
Chávez, Jose M. Morgado
Pire, Bernard
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Mesons' internal structure and dynamics may be accessed through hard exclusive electroproduction processes such as deeply virtual Compton scattering in both near forward and near backward kinematics. With the help of the Sullivan process which allows us to use a nucleon target as a quasi-real $π$ meson emitter, we study backward scattering in the framework of collinear QCD factorization where pion-to-photon transition distribution amplitudes describe the photon content of the $π$ meson. We present a model of these TDAs based on the overlap of lightfront wave functions primarily developed for generalized parton distributions, using a previously developed pion lightfront wave function and deriving a new model for the lightfront wave functions of the photon. This leads us to an estimate of the cross-sections for JLab energies. We conclude that deeply virtual $ep\rightarrow eγM n$ processes, in backward kinematics, may be experimentally discovered in the near future.
title Backward DVCS in a Sullivan process
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02657