Compton scattering cross section on the proton at high momentum transfer.

The Hall A collaboration Danagoulian, A. ; Mamyan, V.H. ; Roedelbronn, M. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 98 (2007) 152001, 2007.
Inspire Record 743383 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31472

Cross-section values for Compton scattering on the proton were measured at 25 kinematic settings over the range s = 5-11 and -t = 2-7 GeV2 with statistical accuracy of a few percent. The scaling power for the s-dependence of the cross section at fixed center of mass angle was found to be 8.0 +/ 0.2, strongly inconsistent with the prediction of perturbative QCD. The observed cross-section values are in fair agreement with the calculations using the handbag mechanism, in which the external photons couple to a single quark.

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Cross section of proton Compton Scattering at centre of mass energy squared of 4.82 GeV.

Cross section of proton Compton Scattering at centre of mass energy squared of 6.79 GeV.

Cross section of proton Compton Scattering at centre of mass energy squared of 8.90 GeV.

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Cross section measurement of charged pion photoproduction from hydrogen and deuterium.

The Jefferson Lab Hall A collaboration Zhu, L.Y. ; Arrington, J. ; Averett, T. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 91 (2003) 022003, 2003.
Inspire Record 601768 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31722

We have measured the differential cross section for the gamma n --> pi- p and gamma p --> pi+ n reactions at center of mass angle of 90 degree in the photon energy range from 1.1 to 5.5 GeV at Jefferson Lab (JLab). The data at photon energies greater than 3.3 GeV exhibit a global scaling behavior for both pi- and pi+ photoproduction, consistent with the constituent counting rule and the existing pi+ photoproduction data. Possible oscillations around the scaling value are suggested by these new data The data show enhancement in the scaled cross section at a center-of-mass energy near 2.2 GeV. The cross section ratio of exclusive pi- to pi+ photoproduction at high energy is consistent with the prediction based on one-hard-gluon-exchange diagrams.

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Differential cross section at THETA(CM) = 90 degrees.