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Incoherent rho^0 electroproduction off nuclei

Nuclear Theory 2014-11-18 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In the present paper we investigate incoherent rho^0 electroproduction off complex nuclei. We derive a novel, simple expression for the incoherent electroproduction cross section in which one can clearly separate the final state interactions of the reaction products from the 'initial state interactions' of the photon that give rise to nuclear shadowing. In the special case of purely absorptive final state interactions we deduce from our expression the known Glauber result. A more realistic treatment of the final state interactions within a transport model is then used to compare our predictions with experimental data from the HERMES experiment.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0212107,
  title  = {Incoherent rho^0 electroproduction off nuclei},
  author = {T. Falter and K. Gallmeister and U. Mosel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0212107},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

17 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C. Comparison with latest HERMES data; line style in Fig. 1 and some references corrected