Single Pseudoscalar Meson Production in Diffractive ep Scattering
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-09-13 v1
Abstract
Exclusive pseudoscalar meson production in ep scattering at high energies is a direct probe for a possible "odderon" exchange in soft hadronic processes. Using a simple phenomenological ansatz for the odderon, we demonstrate how it can be separated from the contribution due to photon-photon fusion, and the relevant parameters be measured. Total cross sections and differential distributions are presented for pi0, eta, eta', and eta_c production. Results are given from both a full calculation and one using the equivalent photon approximation. The accuracy of the latter is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9712371,
title = {Single Pseudoscalar Meson Production in Diffractive ep Scattering},
author = {W. Kilian and O. Nachtmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9712371},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
24 pages, LaTeX2e, uses feynmp.sty [included] and amstex.sty