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Double-spin asymmetries in the cross section of rho /sup 0/ and phi production at intermediate energies (2003)

Abstract
Double-spin asymmetries in the cross section of electroproduction of rho /sup 0/ and phi mesons on the proton and deuteron are measured at the HERMES experiment. The photoabsorption asymmetry in exclusive rho /sup 0/ electroproduction on the proton exhibits a positive tendency. This is consistent with theoretical predictions that the exchange of an object with unnatural parity contributes to exclusive rho /sup 0/ electroproduction by transverse photons. The photoabsorption asymmetry on the deuteron is found to be consistent with zero. Double-spin asymmetries in rho /sup 0/ and phi meson electroproduction by quasireal photons were also found to be consistent with zero; the asymmetry in the case of the phi meson is compatible with a theoretical prediction which involves ss knockout from the nucleon.

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Keywords QC Physics
Type Article, PeerReviewed
Relation ARRAY(0x3489750), http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/1289/