Forward charge asymmetry in 20-GeV γp reactions

V. R. O'Dell, P. Rankin, G. P. Yost, M. J. Harwin, K. Abe, R. Armenteros, T. C. Bacon, J. Ballam, H. H. Bingham, J. E. Brau, K. Braune, D. Brick, W. M. Bugg, J. M. Butler, W. Cameron, H. O. Cohn, D. C. Colley, G. T. Condo, S. Dado, R. DiamondP. Dingus, P. J. Dornan, R. Erickson, R. C. Field, B. Franek, N. Fujiwara, T. Glanzman, I. M. Godfrey, J. J. Goldberg, A. T. Goshaw, G. Hall, E. R. Hancock, T. Handler, H. J. Hargis, E. L. Hart, K. Hasegawa, R. I. Hulsizer, M. Jobes, T. Kafka, J. F. Kent, G. E. Kalmus, D. P. Kelsey, T. Kitagaki, A. Levy, P. W. Lucas, W. A. Mann, R. Merenyi, R. Milburn, C. Milstene, K. C. Moffeit, A. Napier, S. Noguchi, F. Ochiai, S. O'Nealc, A. P.T. Palounck, I. A. Pless, W. J. Robertson, H. Sagawa, T. Sato, J. Schncps, S. J. Sewell, J. Shank, A. M. Shapiro, K. Takahashi, R. Sugahara, A. Suzuki, K. Tamai, S. Tanaka, S. Tether, D. A. Waide, W. D. Walker, M. Widgoff, C. G. Wilkins, S. Wolbers, C. A. Woods, A. Yarnaguchi, R. K. Yamamoto, S. Yamashita, Y. Yoshimura, H. Yuta

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Abstract

Fast forward particles photoproduccd in 20-GeV interactions on a hydrogen target are shown to be preferentially positive, the asymmetry increasing with transverse momentum and Feynman x. Evidence is given that this effect is not due to forward-going target fragments. A model in which production from the photon of a forward-going spectator u is preferred over a u, due to a higher probability for interactions of antiquarks with the proton constituents, is shown to be qualitatively consistent with the data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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