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Phys Rev Lett. 2009 May 01;102(17):172002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.172002. Epub 2009 Apr 30.

Measurements of H-->D-->(gamma-->,pi) and implications for the convergence of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hern integral.

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S Hoblit, A M Sandorfi, K Ardashev, C Bade, O Bartalini, M Blecher, A Caracappa, A D'Angelo, A d'Angelo, R Di Salvo, A Fantini, C Gibson, H Glückler, K Hicks, A Honig, T Kageya, M Khandaker, O C Kistner, S Kizilgul, S Kucuker, A Lehmann, M Lowry, M Lucas, J Mahon, L Miceli, D Moricciani, B Norum, M Pap, B Preedom, H Seyfarth, C Schaerf, H Ströher, C E Thorn, C S Whisnant, K Wang, X Wei,

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19518773 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.172002

Abstract

We report new measurements of inclusive pi production from frozen-spin HD for polarized photon beams covering the Delta(1232) resonance. These provide data simultaneously on both H and D with nearly complete angular distributions of the spin-difference cross sections entering the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn (GDH) sum rule. Recent results from Mainz and Bonn exceed the GDH prediction for the proton by 22 microb, suggesting as yet unmeasured high-energy components. Our pi0 data reveal a different angular dependence than assumed in Mainz analyses and integrate to a value that is 18 microb lower, suggesting a more rapid convergence. Our results for deuterium are somewhat lower than published data, considerably more precise, and generally lower than available calculations.

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