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Measuring longitudinal amplitudes for electroproduction of pseudoscalar mesons using recoil polarization in parallel kinematics

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We propose a new method for measuring longitudinal amplitudes for electroproduction of pseudoscalar mesons that exploits a symmetry relation for polarization observables in parallel kinematics. This polarization technique does not require variation of electron scattering kinematics and avoids the major sources of systematic errors in Rosenbluth separation.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9906049,
  title  = {Measuring longitudinal amplitudes for electroproduction of pseudoscalar mesons using recoil polarization in parallel kinematics},
  author = {James J. Kelly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9906049},
  year   = {2009}
}

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intended for Phys. Rev. C as a Brief Report