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Hadron Spectroscopy in COMPASS

The COmmon Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy (COMPASS) is a multi-purpose fixed-target experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) aimed at studying the structure and spectrum of hadrons. In the naive…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Boris Grube

Hadron-Photon Interactions in COMPASS

The COMPASS experiment at CERN SPS will use hadron beams (pion, kaon and proton) and muons at 50-280 GeV/c and virtual photon targets to investigate, via Primakoff effect, important hadron properties: polarizability, chiral anomaly,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Murray A. Moinester , Victor Steiner , Serguei Prakhov

The COMPASS Setup for Physics with Hadron Beams

The main characteristics of the COMPASS experimental setup for physics with hadron beams are described. This setup was designed to perform exclusive measurements of processes with several charged and/or neutral particles in the final state.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 Ph. Abbon , C. Adolph , R. Akhunzyanov , Yu. Alexandrov , M. G. Alexeev , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , A. Austregesilo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , J. Barth , G. Baum , R. Beck , Y. Bedfer , A. Berlin , J. Bernhard , K. Bicker , E. R. Bielert , J. Bieling , R. Birsa , J. Bisplinghoff , M. Bodlak , M. Boer , P. Bordalo , F. Bradamante , C. Braun , A. Bressan , M. Buechele , E. Burtin , L. Capozza , P. Ciliberti , M. Chiosso , S. U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , M. Colantoni , D. Cotte , M. L. Crespo , Q. Curiel , T. Dafni , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , O. Yu. Denisov , D. Desforge , A. M. Dinkelbach , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , V. Duic , W. Duennweber , D. Durand , M. Dziewiecki , A. Efremov , C. Elia , P. D. Eversheim , W. Eyrich , M. Faessler , A. Ferrero , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , C. Franco , N. du Fresne von Hohenesche , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , L. Gatignon , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , R. Geyer , A. Giganon , I. Gnesi , B. Gobbo , S. Goertz , M. Gorzellik , S. Grabmueller , A. Grasso , M. Gregori , B. Grube , T. Grussenmeyer , A. Guskov , F. Haas , D. von Harrach , D. Hahne , R. Hashimoto , F. H. Heinsius , F. Herrmann , F. Hinterberger , Ch. Hoeppner , N. Horikawa , N. d'Hose , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , Yu. Ivanshin , T. Iwata , R. Jahn , V. Jary , P. Jasinski , P. Joerg , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , K. Klimaszewski , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo , K. Koenigsmann , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. M. Kotzinian , O. Kouznetsov , M. Kraemer , Z. V. Kroumchtein , N. Kuchinski , R. Kuhn , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. A. Lednev , A. Lehmann , M. Levillain , S. Levorato , J. Lichtenstadt , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , C. Marchand , J. Marroncle , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matousek , H. Matsuda , T. Matsuda , G. Menon , G. Meshcheryakov , W. Meyer , T. Michigami , Yu. V. Mikhailov , Y. Miyachi , M. A. Moinester , A. Nagaytsev , T. Nagel , F. Nerling , S. Neubert , D. Neyret , V. I. Nikolaenko , J. Novy , W. -D. Nowak , A. S. Nunes , A. G. Olshevsky , I. Orlov , M. Ostrick , R. Panknin , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , G. Pesaro , V. Pesaro , D. V. Peshekhonov , C. Pires , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , V. A. Polyakov , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , S. Ramos , C. Regali , G. Reicherz , J-M. Reymond , E. Rocco , N. S. Rossiyskaya , J. -Y. Rousse , D. I. Ryabchikov , A. Rychter , A. Samartsev , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , C. Schill , T. Schlueter , K. Schmidt , H. Schmieden , K. Schoenning , S. Schopferer , M. Schott , O. Yu. Shevchenko , L. Silva , L. Sinha , S. Sirtl , M. Slunecka , S. Sosio , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , L. Steiger , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , R. Sulej , H. Suzuki , A. Szabelski , T. Szameitat , P. Sznajder , S. Takekawa , J. ter Wolbeek , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , F. Thibaud , V. Tskhay , S. Uhl , I. Uman , M. Virius , L. Wang , T. Weisrock , Q. Weitzel , M. Wilfert , R. Windmolders , H. Wollny , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki , A. Zink

Transverse spin and transverse momentum structure of the nucleon from the COMPASS experiment

A selection is presented of recent results from the COMPASS Collaboration on transverse spin and transverse momentum effects in semi-inclusive deeply inelastic scattering (SIDIS) of 160 GeV/c muons off proton and deuteron targets.

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-01-27 F. Bradamante

Leading order determination of the gluon polarisation from DIS events with high-p_T hadron pairs

We present a determination of the gluon polarisation Delta g/g in the nucleon, based on the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry of DIS events with a pair of large transverse-momentum hadrons in the final state. The data were obtained by the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-04 C. Adolph , M. G. Alekseev , V. Yu. Alexakhin , Yu. Alexandrov , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , A. A. Antonov , A. Austregesilo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , J. Barth , G. Baum , Y. Bedfer , J. Bernhard , R. Bertini , M. Bettinelli , K. Bicker , J. Bieling , R. Birsa , J. Bisplinghoff , P. Bordalo , F. Bradamante , C. Braun , A. Bravar , A. Bressan , E. Burtin , D. Chaberny , M. Chiosso , S. U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , M. L. Crespo , S. Dalla Torre , S. Das , S. S. Dasgupta , O. Yu. Denisov , L. Dhara , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , V. Duic , W. Duennweber , M. Dziewiecki , A. Efremov , C. Elia , P. D. Eversheim , W. Eyrich , M. Faessler , A. Ferrero , A. Filin , M. Finger , M. Finger , H. Fischer , C. Franco , N. du Fresne von Hohenesche , J. M. Friedrich , R. Garfagnini , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , R. Gazda , S. Gerassimov , R. Geyer , M. Giorgi , I. Gnesi , B. Gobbo , S. Goertz , S. Grabmueller , A. Grasso , B. Grube , R. Gushterski , A. Guskov , T. Guthoerl , F. Haas , D. von Harrach , S. Hedicke , F. H. Heinsius , F. Herrmann , C. Hess , F. Hinterberger , N. Horikawa , Ch. Hoeppner , N. d'Hose , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , O. Ivanov , Yu. Ivanshin , T. Iwata , R. Jahn , P. Jasinski , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , D. Kang , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , K. Klimaszewski , S. Koblitz , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo , K. Koenigsmann , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. Korzenev , A. M. Kotzinian , O. Kouznetsov , M. Kraemer , Z. V. Kroumchtein , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , L. Lauser , J. -M. Le Goff , A. A. Lednev , A. Lehmann , S. Levorato , J. Lichtenstadt , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , A. Mann , C. Marchand , A. Martin , J. Marzec , T. Matsuda , W. Meyer , T. Michigami , Yu. V. Mikhailov , M. A. Moinester , A. Morreale , A. Mutter , A. Nagaytsev , T. Nagel , J. P. Nassalski , F. Nerling , S. Neubert , D. Neyret , V. I. Nikolaenko , W. D. Nowak , A. S. Nunes , A. G. Olshevsky , M. Ostrick , A. Padee , R. Panknin , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , E. Perevalova , G. Pesaro , D. V. Peshekhonov , G. Piragino , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , J. Polak , V. A. Polyakov , G. Pontecorvo , S. L. Procureur , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , J. -F. Rajotte , S. Ramos , V. Rapatsky , G. Reicherz , A. Richter , E. Rocco , E. Rondio , N. S. Rossiyskaya , D. I. Ryabchikov , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , M. G. Sapozhnikov , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , C. Schill , T. Schlueter , K. Schmidt , L. Schmitt , K. Schoenning , S. Schopferer , M. Schott , O. Yu. Shevchenko , L. Silva , L. Sinha , A. N. Sissakian , M. Slunecka , G. I. Smirnov , S. Sosio , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , R. Sulej , P. Sznajder , S. Takekawa , J. Ter Wolbeek , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , L. G. Tkatchev , S. Uhl , I. Uman , M. Vandenbroucke , M. Virius , N. V. Vlassov , L. Wang , R. Windmolders , W. Wislicki , H. Wollny , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki , N. Zhuravlev , A. Zvyagin

Transverse Spin Physics at COMPASS

The study of transverse spin effects is part of the scientific program of COMPASS, a fixed target experiment at the CERN SPS. COMPASS investigates the transversity PDFs in semi-inclusive DIS, using a longitudinally polarized muon beam of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Federica Sozzi

Experimental Chiral Dynamics: New Opportunities with Polarized Internal Targets and Almost-Real Photon Tagging

Experiments on pion (Goldstone Boson) photoproduction from the nucleon tests the ability to make QCD predictions at confinement scale energies. Experiments with both polarized beams and targets have the potential sensitivity to demonstrate…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-09-08 A. M. Bernstein , M. M. Pavan

Partial-Wave Analysis of Centrally Produced Two-Pseudoscalar Final States in pp Reactions at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at the CERN SPS which focused on light-quark hadron spectroscopy during the data taking periods in 2008 and 2009. A world-leading data set was collected with a 190GeV/c hadron beam impinging on a liquid…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Austregesilo

A Partial-Wave Analysis of Centrally Produced Two-Pseudoscalar Final States in pp Reactions at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS which focused on light-quark hadron spectroscopy during the data taking in 2008 and 2009. A world-leading data set was collected with a 190GeV/c hadron beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 A. Austregesilo

The RHIC Spin Program: Snapshots of Progress

I review progress toward the experimental study of polarized proton collisions at RHIC, at center-of-mass energies of several hundred GeV. The tools under development for these experiments are summarized, with emphasis on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 S. E. Vigdor

Nucleon Transverse Structure at COMPASS

COMPASS is a fixed target experiment at CERN. Part of its physics programme is dedicated to study the transverse spin and the transverse momentum structure of the nucleon using SIDIS. For these measurements, data have been collected using…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-12-16 Nour Makke

Transverse spin azimuthal asymmetries in SIDIS at COMPASS: Multidimensional analysis

One of the important objectives of the COMPASS experiment (CERN, SPS north area) is the exploration of transverse spin structure of nucleon via study of spin (in)dependent azimuthal asymmetries with semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-03-23 Bakur Parsamyan

Transversity Measurements at COMPASS

The measurement of transverse spin effects in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering is an important part of the COMPASS physics program. From the analysis of the 2002-2004 data, new results for the transverse target spin asymmetry of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-12-18 COMPASS Collaboration , C. Schill

Measurement of the charged-pion polarisability

The COMPASS collaboration at CERN has investigated pion Compton scattering, $\pi^-\gamma\rightarrow \pi^-\gamma$, at centre-of-mass energy below 3.5 pion masses. The process is embedded in the reaction…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-05 C. Adolph , R. Akhunzyanov , M. G. Alexeev , G. D. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , V. Andrieux , V. Anosov , A. Austregesilo , B. Badelek , F. Balestra , J. Barth , G. Baum , R. Beck , Y. Bedfer , A. Berlin , J. Bernhard , K. Bicker , J. Bieling , R. Birsa , J. Bisplinghoff , M. Bodlak , M. Boer , P. Bordalo , F. Bradamante , C. Braun , A. Bressan , M. Buechele , E. Burtin , L. Capozza , M. Chiosso , S. U. Chung , A. Cicuttin , M. Colantoni , M. L. Crespo , Q. Curiel , S. Dalla Torre , S. S. Dasgupta , S. Dasgupta , O. Yu. Denisov , A. M. Dinkelbach , S. V. Donskov , N. Doshita , V. Duic , W. Duennweber , M. Dziewiecki , A. Efremov , C. Elia , P. D. Eversheim , W. Eyrich , M. Faessler , A. Ferrero , A. Filin , M. Finger , M. jr. Finger , H. Fischer , C. Franco , N. du Fresne von Hohenesche , J. M. Friedrich , V. Frolov , F. Gautheron , O. P. Gavrichtchouk , S. Gerassimov , R. Geyer , I. Gnesi , B. Gobbo , S. Goertz , M. Gorzellik , S. Grabmueller , A. Grasso , B. Grube , T. Grussenmeyer , A. Guskov , T. Guthoerl , F. Haas , D. von Harrach , D. Hahne , R. Hashimoto , F. H. Heinsius , F. Herrmann , F. Hinterberger , Ch. Hoeppner , N. Horikawa , N. d'Hose , S. Huber , S. Ishimoto , A. Ivanov , Yu. Ivanshin , T. Iwata , R. Jahn , V. Jary , P. Jasinski , P. Joerg , R. Joosten , E. Kabuss , B. Ketzer , G. V. Khaustov , Yu. A. Khokhlov , Yu. Kisselev , F. Klein , K. Klimaszewski , J. H. Koivuniemi , V. N. Kolosov , K. Kondo , K. Koenigsmann , I. Konorov , V. F. Konstantinov , A. M. Kotzinian , O. Kouznetsov , M. Kraemer , Z. V. Kroumchtein , N. Kuchinski , R. Kuhn , F. Kunne , K. Kurek , R. P. Kurjata , A. A. Lednev , A. Lehmann , M. Levillain , S. Levorato , J. Lichtenstadt , A. Maggiora , A. Magnon , N. Makke , G. K. Mallot , C. Marchand , A. Martin , J. Marzec , J. Matousek , H. Matsuda , T. Matsuda , G. Meshcheryakov , W. Meyer , T. Michigami , Yu. V. Mikhailov , Y. Miyachi , M. A. Moinester , A. Nagaytsev , T. Nagel , F. Nerling , S. Neubert , D. Neyret , V. I. Nikolaenko , J. Novy , W. -D. Nowak , A. S. Nunes , A. G. Olshevsky , I. Orlov , M. Ostrick , R. Panknin , D. Panzieri , B. Parsamyan , S. Paul , D. Peshekhonov , S. Platchkov , J. Pochodzalla , V. A. Polyakov , J. Pretz , M. Quaresma , C. Quintans , S. Ramos , C. Regali , G. Reicherz , E. Rocco , N. S. Rossiyskaya , D. I. Ryabchikov , A. Rychter , V. D. Samoylenko , A. Sandacz , S. Sarkar , I. A. Savin , G. Sbrizzai , P. Schiavon , C. Schill , T. Schlueter , K. Schmidt , H. Schmieden , K. Schoenning , S. Schopferer , M. Schott , O. Yu. Shevchenko , L. Silva , L. Sinha , S. Sirtl , M. Slunecka , S. Sosio , F. Sozzi , A. Srnka , L. Steiger , M. Stolarski , M. Sulc , R. Sulej , H. Suzuki , A. Szabelski , T. Szameitat , P. Sznajder , S. Takekawa , J. ter Wolbeek , S. Tessaro , F. Tessarotto , F. Thibaud , S. Uhl , I. Uman , M. Virius , L. Wang , T. Weisrock , M. Wilfert , R. Windmolders , H. Wollny , K. Zaremba , M. Zavertyaev , E. Zemlyanichkina , M. Ziembicki , A. Zink

Spin physics with STAR

The STAR collaboration aims to study polarized proton-proton collisions at RHIC. The emphasis of the spin run this year is on transverse single spin asymmetries. Beyond 2001, we aim to determine directly and precisely the gluon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-14 Joanna Kiryluk

Pion and Kaon Polarizabilities at CERN COMPASS

The electric alpha and magnetic beta pion Compton polarizabilities characterize the pion's deformation in the electromagnetic field of the gamma during gamma-pi Compton scattering. The pion polarizabilities are key observables, and provide…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Murray Moinester

COMPASS Results on Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries

New results on single spin asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised LiD target are presented. The data were taken in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 with the COMPASS…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Anna Martin

COMPASS - a facility to study QCD

An overview on the new COMPASS II experimental programme is presented. The main topics include a study of Primakoff reactions, generalised parton distributions via deeply virtual Compton scattering and transverse momentum dependent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-09-14 Eva-Maria Kabuss

Recent Spin Results from the PHENIX Detector at RHIC

The PHENIX Experiment on the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) with its use of beams of polarized protons, provides a unique environment of hard scattering between gluons and quarks complementary to that provided by deep inelastic…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-08-25 Astrid Morreale

Meson spectroscopy with COMPASS

The COMPASS fixed-target experiment at CERN SPS is dedicated to the study of hadron structure and dynamics. In the physics programme using hadron beams, the focus is on the detection of new states, in particular the search for $J^{PC}$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Frank Nerling