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Odd C-P contributions to diffractive processes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We investigate contributions to diffractive scattering, which are odd under C- and P-parity. Comparison of p-pˉ\bar p and p-p scattering indicates that these odderon contributions are very small and we show how a diquark clustering in the proton can explain this effect. A good probe for the odderon exchange is the photo- and electroproduction of pseudo-scalar mesons. We concentrate on the pi^0 and show that the quasi elastic pi^0-production is again strongly suppressed for a diquark structure of the proton whereas the cross sections for diffractive proton dissociation are larger by orders of magnitude and rather independent of the proton structure.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9806342,
  title  = {Odd C-P contributions to diffractive processes},
  author = {Michael Rueter and H. G. Dosch and O. Nachtmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9806342},
  year   = {2008}
}

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18 pages, LaTex2e, graphicx package, 14 eps figures included