Date of Award
2-2013
Document type
dissertation
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Physics
First Advisor
Rory Miskimen
Second Advisor
Barry Holstein
Third Advisor
David Kawall
Subject Categories
Physics
Abstract
Polarized nuclear Compton scattering on a proton target provides a test of low energy QCD. The beam-target asymmetries of a circularly polarized Bremsstrahlung photon beam on a transversely polarized butanol target (&Sigma2x) and on a longitudinally polarized butanol target (&Sigma2z), and the beam asymmetry of a linearly polarized Bremsstrahlung beam on an unpolarized hydrogen target (&Sigma3) are sensitive to the proton spin polarizabilities, third order terms in the energy expansion of the Compton scattering amplitude. This experiment consisted of the &Sigma2x measurement, both just below and above two-pion threshold.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/j1yn-de26
Recommended Citation
Martel, Philippe Paul, "Measuring Proton Spin Polarizabilities with Polarized Compton Scattering" (2013). Open Access Dissertations. 723.
https://doi.org/10.7275/j1yn-de26
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/723