Measurement of elastic electroproduction of phi mesons at HERA

dc.creatorH1 Collaboration
dc.creatorAdloff, C.
dc.date2000-05-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:46:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:46:31Z
dc.descriptionThe elastic electroproduction of phi mesons is studied at HERA with the H1 detector for photon virtualities 1 < Q^2 < 15 GeV^2 and hadronic centre of mass energies 40 < W < 130 GeV. The Q^2 and t dependences of the cross section are extracted (t being the square of the four-momentum transfer to the target proton). When plotted as function of (Q^2 + M_V^2) and scaled by the appropriate SU(5) quark charge factor, the phi meson cross section agrees within errors with the cross sections of the vector mesons V = rho, omega and J/psi. A detailed analysis is performed of the phi meson polarisation state and the ratio of the production cross sections for longitudinally and transversely polarised phi mesons is determined. A small but significant violation of s-channel helicity conservation (SCHC) is observed.
dc.description17 pages, 7 figures and 2 tables
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0005010
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0005010
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B483:360-372,2000
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00613-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/202253
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleMeasurement of elastic electroproduction of phi mesons at HERA
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