Search for odderon-induced contributions to exclusive π0 photoproduction at HERA

  • C. Adloff
  • , V. Andreev
  • , B. Andrieu
  • , T. Anthonis
  • , V. Arkadov
  • , A. Astvatsatourov
  • , A. Babaev
  • , J. Bähr
  • , P. Baranov
  • , E. Barrelet
  • , W. Bartel
  • , J. Becker
  • , A. Beglarian
  • , O. Behnke
  • , C. Beier
  • , A. Belousov
  • , Ch Berger
  • , T. Berndt
  • , J. C. Bizot
  • , J. Böhme
  • V. Boudry, W. Braunschweig, V. Brisson, H. B. Bröker, D. P. Brown, W. Brückner, D. Bruncko, J. Bürger, F. W. Büsser, A. Bunyatyan, A. Burrage, G. Buschhorn, L. Bystritskaya, A. J. Campbell, J. Cao, S. Caron, F. Cassol-Brunner, D. Clarke, C. Collard, J. G. Contreras, Y. R. Coppens, J. A. Coughlan, M. C. Cousinou, B. E. Cox, G. Cozzika, J. Cvach, J. B. Dainton, W. D. Dau, K. Daum, M. Davidsson, B. Delcourt, N. Delerue, R. Demirchyan, A. De Roeck, E. A. De Wolf, C. Diaconu, J. Dingfelder, P. Dixon, V. Dodonov, J. D. Dowell, A. Droutskoi, A. Dubak, C. Duprel, G. Eckerlin, D. Eckstein, V. Efremenko, S. Egli, R. Eichler, F. Eisele, E. Eisenhandler, M. Ellerbrock, E. Elsen, M. Erdmann, W. Erdmann, P. J.W. Faulkner, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, R. Felst, J. Ferencei, S. Ferron, M. Fleischer, Y. H. Fleming, G. Flügge, A. Fomenko, I. Foresti, J. Formánek, G. Franke, E. Gabathuler, K. Gabathuler, J. Garvey, J. Gassner, J. Gayler, R. Gerhards, C. Gerlich

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Abstract

A search for contributions to the reaction ep → eπ0N* from photon-odderon fusion in the photoproduction regime at HERA is reported, at an average photon-proton centre-of-mass energy (W) = 215 GeV. The measurement proceeds via detection of the π0 decay photons, a leading neutron from the N* decay, and the scattered electron. No π0 signal is observed and an upper limit on the cross section for the photon-odderon fusion process of σ(γp → π0N*) < 49 nb at the 95% confidence level is derived, integrated over the experimentally accessible range of the squared four-momentum transfer at the nucleon vertex 0.02 < |t| < 0.3 GeV2. This excludes a recent prediction from a calculation based on a non-perturbative QCD model of a photon-odderon fusion cross section above 200 nb.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-43
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume544
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Sept 2002

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