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PROTON SPIN-SPIN ASYMMETRIES FOR LARGE ANGLE ELECTRON-PROTON ELASTIC
SCATTERING
M. Anselmino
To cite this version:
M. Anselmino. PROTON SPIN-SPIN ASYMMETRIES FOR LARGE ANGLE ELECTRON-
PROTON ELASTIC SCATTERING. Journal de Physique Colloques, 1985, 46 (C2), pp.C2-195-C2-
200. �10.1051/jphyscol:1985218�. �jpa-00224529�
PROTON SPIN-SPIN ASYMMETRIES FOR LARGE ANGLE ELECTRON-PROTON ELASTIC SCATTERING
M. Anselmi.no
Department of Physios, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, U.S.A.
Résumé : Nous considérons un modèle que nous avons développé précédemment pour dé- crire les asymétries spin-spin dans la diffusion p-p à grands angles et nous l'ap- pliquons pour prédire les asymétries spin-spin du proton dans la diffusion e-p.
Nos résultats diffèrent de ceux attendus dans le schéma de la QCD perturbàtive. La mesure des asymétries de spin fournirait une mesure directe des deux facteurs de forme élastiques du proton et un test clair des différents mécanismes. Hous commen- tons d'autres effets de spin.
Abstract - We consider a model previously developed to describe spin-spin asym- metries in proton-proton large angle elastic scattering and apply it to predict proton spin-spin asymmetries in electron-proton elastic scattering. Our results differ from those commonly expected in a perturbative QCD scheme. The measure- ment of the spin asymmetries would provide a direct measurement of the two proton
elastic form factors and a clean further test of different mechanisms. We comment on some other st>in efferta
I am going to report on the results of some work recently done in collaboration with E. Predazzi.W
(2)-(9)
A few years ago many theoretical models tried to explain some striking experimental d a t a ^ " / on the spin-spin asymmetry AJJJJ, in large angle elastic proton-proton scattering, in terms of quark-quark hard scattering.
In particular, application of perturbative QCD to large P^ exclusive reactions was widely discussed. The most general, QCD inspired, scheme is that of Ref. (11).
It gives qualitatively correct predictions for the Q dependence of the hadronic 2 form factors and the fixed angle elastic cross-sections. It also leads to the helicity sum rule according to which in any large Q^ exclusive reaction A&+CD which can be described in its scheme, the sum of the initial helicities must equal
(in the limit in which we neglect the masses of the quarks compared to their energies) the sum of the final ones:
(1) V X B = V V
The helicity sum rule has immediate consequences for many spin observables. In particular it requires the proton-proton double helicity flip amplitude
*„ = <++|*|—> and the single helicity flip one 4_ = <++|*|+-> to be zero. This implies that the longitudinal spin-spin asymmetry A ^ L must be related to the transverse one Ajq
N, at 8 = -= , by
(2) 2 VlKL^ = !'
It also implies (12)
that the large angle proton polarization must be zero.
Recent measurements of both ATT at 6 = -r and the proton polarization at large
(14)
lP , contradict the previous conclusions . Moreover, also the preliminary re- On leave of absence from Istituto di Fisica Teorica della Universita Torino, Italy.
Article published online by EDP Sciences and available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1985218
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s u l t s on t h e measurement of t h e h e l i c i t y d e n s i t y m a t r i x element p, , of t h e p
t
&-Av e c t o r meson produced a t l a r g e PT i n t h e process n p
-tptp(15), seem t o c o n t r a d i c t the scheme of Ref. (11): i n f a c t t h e i n d i c a t i o n of a l a r g e v a l u e of pl-l a g a i n v i o l a t e s t h e h e l i c i t y sum r u l e s which f o r c e s p l - l t o be zero.
These experimental r e s u l t s seem t o be a n i n d i c a t i o n t h a t , a t l e a s t when l a r g e PT v a l u e s a r e involved, t h e simple way of computing t h e hadron h e l i c i t i e s by summing t h e h e l i c i t i e s of t h e quarks, which, through t h e h e l i c i t y conserving elementary hard s c a t t e r i n g , a r e always p a r a l l e l t o t h e hadron d i r e c t i o n , may n o t b e s a t i s - f a c t o r y . The recombination of t h e s c a t t e r e d quarks o r , i n o t h e r words, t h e r o l e of t h e hadronic wave f u n c t i o n , may b e important i n giving s p i n e f f e c t s o t h e r than those given by t h e QCD elementary quark i n t e r a c t i o n s .
I n t h e model of Ref. (9) I described t h e spin-spin a s m e t r i e s i n p-p l a r g e a n g l e e l a s t i c s c a t t e r i n g e s s e n t i a l l y t a k i n g i n t o account, when computing t h e proton h e l i c i t i e s i n terms of t h e quark ones, t h e f a c t t h a t i n such r e a c t i o n s we always have some p a r t o n i c c o n f i g u r a t i o n s w i t h one of t h e quarks a t a l a r g e a n g l e t o t h e o t h e r quarks. This implies t h a t we cannot simply sum t h e quark h e l i c i t i e s i n order t o g e t t h e proton ones, b u t we have t o p r o p e r l y compute t h e quark and proton s p i n p r o j e c t i o n s i n d i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n s .
This model seems t o b e t h e only one which d e s c r i b e s w e l l t h e experimental r e s u l t s on ANN and A ~ ~ ( ~ ~ ) ; though I have n o t com uted i t s p r e d i c t i o n f o r t h e h e l i c i t y
1-1 5
d e n s i t y m a t r i x p (p+) i n t h e process
Kp+pfp(15), t h e r e is no need i n i t s scheme f o r p t o be zero; t h e v a l u e of t h e p r o t o n p o l a r i z a t i o n a t l a r g e PT, i n s t e a d , i s
1-1
p r e d i c t e d t o be z e r o , and I w i l l make some comments on t h a t a t t h e end of my t a l k . Since t h e main e f f e c t s of t h e model of Ref. (9) come from t h e d i f f e r e n t s p i n r e - combination mechanism r a t h e r than t h e quark elementary i n t e r a c t i o n s , it seems i m - p o r t a n t t o f u r t h e r t e s t i t s v a l i d i t y by a p p l y i n g i t t o another r e a c t i o n .
I n Ref. (i) we used t h e model of Ref. (9) t o d e s c r i b e t h e proton spin-spin asym- m e t r i e s i n l a r g e a n g l e electron-proton e l a s t i c i n t e r a c t i o n s . Again, we found some q u a l i t a t i v e r e s u l t s which d i f f e r from t h e common e x p e c t a t i o n s , t h u s o f f e r i n g a c l e a r p o s s i b i l i t y of f u r t h e r t e s t i n g t h e main i d e a of t h e model.
The h e l i c i t y amplitudes f o r t h e pe- + pe- e l a s t i c s c a t t e r i n g i n t h e Center of Mass system (C.M., s e e F i g . 1 f o r t h e d e f i n i t i o n of t h e kinematics) a r e given by
where X,v(Xf ,
V ' )denote r e s p e c t i v e l y t h e i n i t i a l ( f i n a l ) h e l i c i t i e s of t h e proton and t h e e l e c t r o n . As u s u a l , r is t h e most g e n e r a l form of t h e proton v e r t e x allowed by p a r i t y conservation'and time r e v e r s a l i n v a r i a n c e
where
Ki s t h e anomalous magnetic moment o f t h e proton measured i n Bohr magnetons,
K
= 1.79, and m i s t h e proton mass.
From eqs. (3) and (4) we have, n e g l e c t i n g t h e e l e c t r o n and p r o t o n masses compared t o t h e i r C.M. e n e r g i e s , t h e 3 independent amplitudes:
- 4 ~ ~
= - M*;* = M--;--
{ M+-;+- = M-+;-+ - - - -4E2 42 q 2 2F1 (1 + c o s 8) F 1
= -M - = -
M,t;++ = M--;+- +-;-- - -"~;-t -4E2 q2 2E s i n 0 C 2m F 2
l o n g i t u d i n a l l y p o l a r i z e d protons ( h e l i c i t y s t a t e s ) we have, w i t h obvious n o t a t i o n s
For protons w i t h s p i n p r o j e c t i o n +-- 1 along t h e y d i r e c t i o n ( t h a t i s perpendicular t o t h e s c a t t e r i n g plane) we have: 2
and f o r protons p o l a r i z e d i n t h e s c a t t e r i n g p l a n e perpendicularly t o t h e i r d i r e c t i o n o f motion:
The denominator of eqs. (6)-(8) i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e unpolarized cross-section, 1 aa2 F
du/dq2 =
--J-Xv;XIvl I M ~ , ~ ~ Notice a l s o t h a t , by proper combination of t h e spin-spin asymmetries, we have a p o s s i b l e way of measuring s e p a r a t e l y t h e proton fbrm f a c t o r s F, and F?.
-
I n t h e scheme of Ref. (11) t h e proton h e l i c i t y f l i p amplitude M*:-+ is f o r c e d t o
.-3 .
be zero by t h e h e l i c i t y sum r u l e (1) ( i n t h e l i m i t i n which we n e g l e c t t h e quark masses compared t o t h e i r e n e r g i e s ) . I n such a c a s e w e have, from eqs. (5)- (8), t h e s i m p l e l a r g e ~2 p r e d i c t i o n s :
4(1+ cos 6 ) .
4+(1+ cos 0 )
The measurement of t h e spin-spin asymmetries (6)-(8) would then c o n s t i t u t e a f u r t h e r c r u c i a l t e s t of t h e Brodsky-Lepage mechanism.
The main p o i n t s of t h e model of Ref. (9) can be seen from Figure 2. During t h e high energy Center of Nass i n t e r a c t i o n between t h e proton and t h e e l e c t r o n , one quark of t h e p r o t o n i s f r e e l y s c a t t e r e d by t h e e l e c t r o n v i a one photon exchange;
t h e f i n a l proton c o n f i g u r a t i o n i s one i n which t h e s c a t t e r e d quark i s a t a very l a r g e angle a and h a s a high t r a n s v e r s e momentum w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e o t h e r s p e c t a t o r quarks.
The p-e s c a t t e r i n g amplitude corresponding t o t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n of Figure 2 can be w r i t t e n , i n terms o f t h e elementary amplitude M and t h e proton wave f u n c t i o n JI, a s (dropping f o r t h e moment a l l t h e s p i n i n d i c e s )
where t h e sum and i n t e r a t i o n a r e over a l l t h e allowed quark and g n e m a t i c a l con- f i g u r a t i o n s and where( 8 )
c o s . 8
A(l-X)
(11) cos cc
=4 l+(l-X)' - 2(1-X) c o s 8
X i s t h e f r a c t i o n of l o n g i t u d i n a l momentum c a r r i e d by q l ; t h e f r a c t i o n of l o n g i t u d i n a l momentum and t h e t r a n s v e r s e momentum, w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e f i n a l proton p ' , c a r r i e d by q: a r e given by
X '