Direct measurement of the pion valence quark momentum distribution, the pion light-cone wave function squared

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dc.creatorE791 Collaboration
dc.creatorAitala, E. M.
dc.date2000-10-17
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dc.descriptionWe present the first direct measurements of the pion valence quark momentum distribution which is related to the square of the pion light-cone wave function. The measurements were carried out using data on diffractive dissociation of 500 GeV/c $π^-$ into di-jets from a platinum target at Fermilab experiment E791. The results show that the $|q\bar {q}>$ light-cone asymptotic wave function, which was developed using perturbative QCD methods, describes the data well for $Q^2 \sim 10 ~{\rm (GeV/c)^2}$ or more. We also measured the transverse momentum distribution of the diffractive di-jets.
dc.description13 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0010043
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0010043
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.86:4768-4772,2001
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4768
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/196945
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleDirect measurement of the pion valence quark momentum distribution, the pion light-cone wave function squared
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