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. Diamond
  • P. 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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