DVCS @ HERMESM. MURRAY, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
PacSpin 2011
1Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
• Physics - Interests & Constraints
• HERMES DVCS Measurements
• GPDs & Future Measurements
2Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
• Physics - Interests & Constraints
• HERMES DVCS Measurements
• GPDs & Future Measurements
3Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
• Physics - Interests & Constraints
• HERMES DVCS Measurements
• GPDs & Future Measurements
4Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
• Physics - Interests & Constraints
• HERMES DVCS Measurements
• GPDs & Future Measurements
5Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
e p ➝ e p γ
6Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering
7Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Generalised Parton Distributions
t - Mandelstam variable (squared momentum transfer to nucleon)
x - Fraction of nucleon’s longitudinal momentum carried by active quark
ξ - half the change in the longitudinal momentum of the active quark.
t
8Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Generalised Parton Distributions
t - Mandelstam variable (squared momentum transfer to nucleon)
x - Fraction of nucleon’s longitudinal momentum carried by active quark
ξ - half the change in the longitudinal momentum of the active quark.
t
9Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Generalised Parton Distributions
t - Mandelstam variable (squared momentum transfer to nucleon)
x - Fraction of nucleon’s longitudinal momentum carried by active quark
ξ - half the change in the longitudinal momentum of the active quark.
t
10Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD PhysicsFour distributions of interest: H, E, H, E~ ~
H and E integrate over quark helicitiesH and E are quark helicity difference distributions~ ~
11Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD PhysicsFour distributions of interest: H, E, H, E~ ~
H and E integrate over quark helicitiesH and E are quark helicity difference distributions~ ~
Nucleon helicity inversion
Nucleon helicity conservation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78:610, 1997
“Ji’s Relation”
12Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD Physics
13Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD Physics
H - unpolarised nucleon H - polarised nucleon~
14Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD Physics
GPDs describe only the soft part of the interaction
Accessed via cross-sections and asymmetries: requires convolution with a hard scattering kernel
Results in “Compton Form Factors” accessible through DVCS, which have real and imaginary parts
H➞H H➞H E➞E E➞E~~~ ~
15Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD PhysicsGPDs describe only the soft part of the interaction
Accessed via cross-sections and asymmetries: requires convolution with a hard scattering kernel
16Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD PhysicsGPDs describe only the soft part of the interaction
Accessed via cross-sections and asymmetries: requires convolution with a hard scattering kernel
Limited x access
17Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @ HERMES
∝
∝
∝ Im(H)
Re(H)
Im(H)
∝ Re(H)
~
~
~
~
~
~
18Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @ HERMES
x
y
z φ
"pγ
"k
"k′
"q
uli
19Tuesday, 21 June 2011
• 1 GeV2 < Q2≣-q2 < 10 GeV2
• 0.03 < xB < 0.3
• 0 GeV2 < -t≣-(p-p’)2 < 0.7 GeV2
〈Q2〉≅ 2.4 GeV2
〈xB〉≅ 0.1
〈-t〉≅ 0.1 GeV2
DVCS @ HERMESForward
spectrometer ⇒
measure asymmetries
directly
20Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @ HERMES
BH/DVCS
MC Sum
Resonance Production
SIDIS Production
Exclusive π0 Production
Data
21Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @ HERMES
Wanted Signal
BH/DVCS from Δ, e.ge Δ → e Δ γ → e p π0 γ
e p → e X γ
e p → e p π0
BH/DVCS
MC Sum
Resonance Production
SIDIS Production
Exclusive π0 Production
Data
22Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @
HERMES
Amplitude Value-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3
)φcos(2LLA
φcos LLA
)φcos(0LLA
)φsin(2ULA
φsin ULA
φcos )sφ - φcos(LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φsin(LT,IA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,BH+DVCSA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φcos(UT,IA
φcos )sφ - φsin(UT,IA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,DVCSA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,IA
)φsin(2LU,IA
φsin LU,DVCSA
φsin LU,IA
)φcos(3CA
)φcos(2CA
φcos CA
)φcos(0CA
HERMES DVCS HydrogenDeuteriumHydrogen Preliminary
23Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @
HERMES
Amplitude Value-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3
)φcos(2LLA
φcos LLA
)φcos(0LLA
)φsin(2ULA
φsin ULA
φcos )sφ - φcos(LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φsin(LT,IA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,BH+DVCSA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φcos(UT,IA
φcos )sφ - φsin(UT,IA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,DVCSA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,IA
)φsin(2LU,IA
φsin LU,DVCSA
φsin LU,IA
)φcos(3CA
)φcos(2CA
φcos CA
)φcos(0CA
HERMES DVCS HydrogenDeuteriumHydrogen Preliminary
24Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Beam Asymmetries
)φco
s (0
CA -0.1
0
0.1 HERMES
φco
s C
A
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
)φco
s (2
CA -0.1
0
0.1
)φco
s (3
CA -0.1
0
0.1
overall
frac
tion
Ass
oc.
00.10.20.3
-0.1
0
0.1 Preliminary 2006-07JHEP11 (2009) 083
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.1
0
0.1
]2-t [GeV
-210 -1100
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
-0.1
0
0.1
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.1
0
0.1
Bx-110
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
-0.1
0
0.1 γ p +/- e→ p +/-e
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.1
0
0.1
]2 [GeV2Q1 10
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
Beam Charge Asymmetries access Re(H)
Δ-resonance
25Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Beam Asymmetriesφ
sin
LU,I
A
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2 HERMES
φsi
n LU
,DVC
SA
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
)φsi
n (2
LU,I
A
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
overall
frac
tion
Ass
oc.
00.20.4
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2 Preliminary 2006-07JHEP11 (2009) 083
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
]2-t [GeV
-210 -1100
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
2.8%3.4% Scale Uncertainty
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
Bx
-1100
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
γ p +/- e→ p +/-e
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
]2 [GeV2Q1 10
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
Beam Helicity Asymmetries access Im(H)
Larger values for the BHA than BCA -
correlated to the difference
in the CFF access?
26Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @
HERMES
Amplitude Value-0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3
)φcos(2LLA
φcos LLA
)φcos(0LLA
)φsin(2ULA
φsin ULA
φcos )sφ - φcos(LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φsin(LT,IA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,BH+DVCSA
)sφ - φcos(
LT,IA
φsin )sφ - φcos(UT,IA
φcos )sφ - φsin(UT,IA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,DVCSA
)sφ - φsin(
UT,IA
)φsin(2LU,IA
φsin LU,DVCSA
φsin LU,IA
)φcos(3CA
)φcos(2CA
φcos CA
)φcos(0CA
HERMES DVCS HydrogenDeuteriumHydrogen Preliminary
27Tuesday, 21 June 2011
~
Long. Pol. target asymmetries access Im(H)
A. Airapetian et al, JHEP 06 (2010) 019
http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0177
Target Asymmetries φ
sin
UL
A
-0.2
0
)φsi
n (2
UL
A
-0.2
0
)φsi
n (3
UL
A
-0.2
0
0.2
integrated
Res
o. fr
ac.
0.10.20.3
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
] 2-t [GeV0 0.2 0.4 0.6
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
Bx0 0.1 0.2 0.3
0 5 10
VGG Regge
0 5 10
0 5 10
] 2 [GeV 2Q0 5 10
VGG Model:
Phys.Rev. D60 (1999) 094017
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9905372
28Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Double Spin Asymmetries )φ
cos
(0LL
A
-0.20
0.20.40.6
integrated
φ c
os
LLA
-0.4-0.2
00.20.4
)φ c
os (2
LLA
-0.4-0.2
00.20.4
integrated
Res
o. fr
ac.
0.10.20.3
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0 0.2 0.4 0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0 0.2 0.4 0.6-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
] 2-t [GeV0 0.2 0.4 0.6
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0 0.1 0.2 0.3
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0 0.1 0.2 0.3-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
Bx0 0.1 0.2 0.3
0 5 10
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0.6 VGG Regge
0 5 10
-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
0 5 10-0.4
-0.2
0
0.2
0.4
] 2 [GeV 2Q0 5 10
Long. Pol. target / Long. Pol. Beam access Re(H)~
Caveat! Relatively large BH
contribution to these asymmetries!
A. Airapetian et al, JHEP 06 (2010) 019
http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0177
29Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Beam Asymmetries
Deuterium is governed by different GPDs - but the asymmetry data is not so
different!
http
://w
ww.
arxi
v.org
/abs
/091
1.00
95
A. Airapetian et al, Nucl. Phys. B 829 (2010) 1-27
30Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Target Asymmetries
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/1008.3996
A. Airapetian et al, Nucl. Phys. B842 (2011) 265-298
No good idea how to model
long. pol. deuterium
GPDs. Currently use a proton/
neutron hybrid
31Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Nuclear Mass Dependence
-0.05
0
0.05
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
1 10 102
ACco
s (
t <
t coh.
)A
Ccos
(t >
t in
coh.
)
nuclear mass number A
Nuclear-Binding models expected the DVCS
asymmetry for nuclear targets to be ~2x that
of the Hydrogen asymmetry.
32Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Nuclear Mass Dependence
-0.4
-0.2
0
-0.4
-0.2
0
1 10 102
ALU
,(I,+
)si
n (
t <
t coh.
)A
LU,(I
,+)
sin
(t >
t in
coh.
)
nuclear mass number A
Baryons
Fermions
The data shows no significant difference between coherent and
incoherent DVCS processes
http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0091
A. Airpetian et al. Phys. Rev. C 81, 035202 (2010)
33Tuesday, 21 June 2011
• 1 GeV2 < Q2≣-q2 < 10 GeV2
• 0.03 < xB < 0.3
• 0 GeV2 < -t≣-(p-p’)2 < 0.7 GeV2
〈Q2〉≅ 2.4 GeV2
〈xB〉≅ 0.1
〈-t〉≅ 0.1 GeV2
DVCS @ HERMESForward
spectrometer ⇒
measure asymmetries
directly
34Tuesday, 21 June 2011
DVCS @ HERMES
1
0
2
−1
−2
TARGETCELL
RecoilDetector
m
LUMINOSITY
CHAMBERSDRIFT
FC 1/2
DVC
MC 1−3MONITOR
BC 1/2
BC 3/4 TRD
PROP.CHAMBERS
FIELD CLAMPS
PRESHOWER (H2)
DRIFT CHAMBERS
TRIGGER HODOSCOPE H1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
RICH270 mrad
270 mrad
MAGNET
m
140 mrad
140 mradCALORIMETER
e+27.5 GeV
STEEL PLATE
HODOSCOPE H0SILICON
35Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Current DVCS Data
]4/c2 [GeVX2M
-4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 140
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Significant improvement in the purity of the signal
SumTrack in the Recoil Detector
Kin. Fit says probably not DVCSKin. Fit says probably DVCS
36Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Current DVCS Dataφ
sin
LUA
-0.4
-0.2
0
HERMESPRELIMINARY2006/07 data
OverallOverall)φ
sin
(2LU
A
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
3.4% scale uncertainty
]2-t [GeV-110
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
without Recoil Det.with Recoil Det.in Recoil Det. accept.
Bx-110
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
γ p + e→ p +e
]2 [GeV2Q1 10
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
37Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Current DVCS Data
φsi
n LU
A-0.4
-0.2
0
HERMESPRELIMINARY2006/07 data
OverallOverall)φ
sin
(2LU
A
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
3.4% scale uncertainty
]2-t [GeV-110
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
without Recoil Det.with Recoil Det.in Recoil Det. accept.
Bx-110
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
-0.4
-0.2
0
γ p + e→ p +e
]2 [GeV2Q1 10
-0.2
-0.1
0
0.1
overall
Proc
ess
frac
tions
0
0.5
1
]2-t [GeV
-210 -110
0
0.5
1
Bx
-110
0
0.5
1
]2 [GeV2Q1 10
0
0.5
1
Elastic Assoc.with Recoil Det. in Recoil Det. accept.without Recoil Det.
38Tuesday, 21 June 2011
GPD Discovery
H1�ZEU
S
COMPASS
HERMES
JLAB
1.0000.5000.1000.0500.0100.0050.0010.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
x
xH�x,x,
t�
0 50 100 150
�0.2
�0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
�
ABCSA��� H1�ZEUS
HERMESCLASHall A
H1�ZEUSHERMESCLAS
predictions from fits to
http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0458
To appear in Nucl. Phys. B (2010)
Postulate GPDs fromfirst principle models
New CFF Fit Result incorporating AUL moments
Kumerički and Müller
http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.4922M. Guidal
39Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Future DataCOMPASS-II SPSC-I-238
Jefferson Lab PR-10-006
Measurements of the dvcs cross-section can help determine x and t
entanglement
All four GPDs will be accessed in proposed measurements at JLab
and COMPASS
40Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Meson DataMeson data can also play a
vital role in accessing GPDs - especially the
“polarised” GPDs H and E!~~
Extraction of SDMES and Helicity Amplitude Ratios at HERMES for ρ mesons have
shown that the handbag approximation is insufficient!
17
Q2 [GeV2]
! 11 [
deg]
Deuteron
Proton
0
25
50
1 2 3Q2 [GeV2]
! 01 [
deg]
DeuteronProton
-90
0
90
1 2 3
Fig. 6. The Q2 dependence of the phase difference δ11 (left panel) and δ01 (right panel, see Sec. 7.4) between the amplitudes T11
and T01, respectively, and T00 obtained for proton and deuteron data. Points show the phase differences δ11 and δ01 calculatedfrom ratios of amplitudes given in Tabs. 2 and 3 after averaging over −t′ bins. Inner error bars show the statistical uncertaintyand the outer ones show the statistical and systematic uncertainties added in quadrature. The fitted parameterization is givenby Eqs. (70) and (78) respectively for δ11 and δ01. The parameters of the curves are given in Tabs. 4 and 6 for combined protonand deuteron data. The central lines are calculated with the fitted values of the parameters, while the dashed lines correspondto one standard deviation in the uncertainty of the curve parameter.
-t/ [GeV2]
Q*R
e(T 11
/T00
) [GeV]
DeuteronProton
1
1.5
0.1 0.2 0.3-t/ [GeV2]
Im(T
11/T
00)/Q
[GeV
-1 ]
DeuteronProton
0.2
0.4
0.1 0.2 0.3
Fig. 7. The t′ dependence of Q ·Re(T11/T00) (left panel) and Im(T11/T00)/Q (right panel) for proton and deuteron data. Pointsshow the amplitude ratios from Tabs. 2 and 3 after averaging over four Q2 bins using Eqs. (67) and (68). The straight lines inthe left and right panel show the value of a and b, respectively, from Eqs. (66) and (69) while the parameters a and b are givenin Tab. 4. The meaning of the error bars and the explanation of the curves are the same as for Fig. 4.
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
0 0.2 0.4 0.6-t´ [GeV2]
AU
T, l
sin(!"! s
)
Figure 3: Model predictions for the sin(φ − φS) Fourier amplitudeas a function of −t′. The curves represents predictions of GPD-
model calculations. The full circles show the values of Asin(φ−φS)UT,"
taken from Fig. 2. The error bars (bands) represent the statistical(systematic) uncertainties. See text for details.
larger values of −t′, caused by a negative real part in E .The dash-dotted curve arises from an alternative GPD ap-proach [34], in which the imaginary part of H becomesnegative while the real part of E remains positive at largervalues of −t′.
An attempt to evaluate the complete set of Fourier am-
plitudes (7), and in particular the value of Asin(φ−φS)UT," , is
presented in [17]. In this model, the GPDs are calculatedin a similar way as in the models [15, 35], except that theexperimental value of the pion form factor Fπ is used. Herea large non-pole contribution from E over-compensates thepion-pole contribution leading to the zero-crossing behav-ior of the amplitude as a function of −t′ (see dashed curvein Fig. 3). This model appears to be qualitatively in agree-ment with the data. However, within the large experimen-
tal uncertainty Asin(φ−φS)UT," is also consistent with zero. A
vanishing Fourier amplitude in this model implies the dom-inance (due to the pion pole) of E over H at low −t′. Thisis in agreement with the recent Hermes measurement ofthe exclusive π+ cross section [22], which is well describedat −t′ = 0.1 GeV2 by a GPD model [35] based only on Ewhile neglecting the contribution of H .
In summary, the Fourier amplitudes of the single-spinazimuthal asymmetry are measured in exclusive electro-production of π+ mesons on transversely polarized pro-tons, for the first time. Within the experimental uncer-tainties the amplitude of the sin(φ − φS) modulation isfound to be consistent with zero, thus excluding a purepion-pole contribution to the GPD E in leading-twist cal-culations. This could also be an indication for the dom-inance of E over the GPD H at low −t′. The observedamplitude of the sinφS modulation is large and positivewhich implies the presence of a sizeable interference be-tween contributions from longitudinal and transverse vir-tual photons. A next-to-leading twist calculation as wellas knowledge of the contributions from transverse pho-
tons and their interference with longitudinal photons arerequired for a description of the measurements.
We gratefully acknowledge the Desy management forits support and the staff at Desy and the collaboratinginstitutions for their significant effort. This work was sup-ported by the FWO-Flanders and IWT, Belgium; the Nat-ural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada;the National Natural Science Foundation of China; theAlexander von Humboldt Stiftung; the German Bundesmin-isterium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); the Italian Istituto Nazionaledi Fisica Nucleare (INFN); the MEXT, JSPS, and G-COEof Japan; the Dutch Foundation for Fundamenteel Onder-zoek der Materie (FOM); the U.K. Engineering and Physi-cal Sciences Research Council, the Science and TechnologyFacilities Council, and the Scottish Universities PhysicsAlliance; the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and theNational Science Foundation (NSF); the Russian Academyof Science and the Russian Federal Agency for Scienceand Innovations; the Ministry of Economy and the Min-istry of Education and Science of Armenia; and the Eu-ropean Community-Research Infrastructure Activity un-der the FP6 ”Structuring the European Research Area”program (HadronPhysics, contract number RII3-CT-2004-506078).
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41Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Meson Data
Throughout the majority of exclusive physics data from HERMES we see that there is very little difference between protons and deuterons!!!
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Conclusions
• DVCS can be used to access information on Generalised Parton Distributions
• That information can tell us unique things about nucleon structure
• HERMES has the most diverse DVCS measurements of any experiment.
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Conclusions
• There is still no clear idea about how the nuclear medium modifies GPD-dependent behaviour.
• Already, GPDs can be constrained - but there is much left to do!
• DVCS and DVMP both seem to show that there is little difference between proton and deuteron data!!!
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