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CP-violation in Compton scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

I consider Compton scattering off the nucleon in the presence of CPCP violation. I construct the Compton tensor which possesses these features and consider low energy expansion (LEX) of the corresponding amplitudes. It allows to separate out the Born contribution which only depends on the static properties of the nucleon, such as the electric charge, the mass, the magnetic moment, and the electric dipole moment (EDM). I introduce new structure constants, the TT-odd nucleon polarizabilities which parametrize the unknown non-Born part. These constants describe the response of the TT-violating content of the nucleon to the external quasistatic electromagnetic field. As an estimate, I provide a HBChPT calculation for these new polarizabilities and discuss the implications for the experiment.

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@article{arxiv.0803.0343,
  title  = {CP-violation in Compton scattering},
  author = {Mikhail Gorchtein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0343},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages, 5 figures, revtex

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