Separation of contributions from deeply virtual Compton scattering and its interference with the Bethe-Heitler process in measurements on a hydrogen target

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Airapetian, A ^k,n   Akopov, N ^y   Akopov, Z ^e   Aschenauer, E C ^e,z   Augustyniak, W ^x   Avakian, R ^y   Avetissian, A ^y   Avetisyan, E ^e   Ball, B ⁿ   Belostotski, S ^q   Blok, H P ^p,w   Borissov, A ^e   Bowles, J ^l   Bryzgalov, V ^r   Burns, J ^l   Capitani, G P ⁱ   Cisbani, E ^t   Ciullo, G ^h   Contalbrigo, M ^h   Dalpiaz, P F ^h   Deconinck, W ^e,n,aa   De Leo, R ^b   De Nardo, L ^e,n   De Sanctis, E ⁱ   Diefenthaler, M ^g,m   Di Nezza, P ⁱ   Duren M ^k   Ehrenfried, M ^k,ab   Elbakian, G ^y   Ellinghaus, F ^d,ac   Fabbri, R ^e   Fantoni, A ⁱ   Felawka, L ^u   Frullani, S ^t   Gabbert, D ^e   Gapienko, G ^r   Gapienko, V ^r   Garibaldi, F ^t   Gavrilov, G ^e,q,u   Gharibyan, V ^y   Giordano, F ^e,h   Gliske, S ⁿ   Hadjidakis, C ^i,ad   Hartig, M ^e,ae   Hasch, D ⁱ   Hill, G ^l   Hillenbrand, A ^e   Hoek, M ^l   Holler, Y ^e   Hristova, I ^e   Imazu, Y ^v   Ivanilov, A ^r   Jackson, H E ^a   Jo, H S ^j   Joosten, S ^j,m   Kaiser, R ^l   Karyan, G ^y   Keri, T ^k,l   Kinney, E ^d   Kisselev, A ^q   Kobayashi, N ^v   Korotkov, V ^r   Kozlov, V ^o   Kravchenko, P ^q   Lagamba, L ^b   Lamb, R ^m   Lapikas L ^p   Lehmann, I ^l   Lenisa, P ^h   Lopez Ruiz A ^j   Lorenzon, W ⁿ   Lu, X G ^e   Lu, X R ^v,af   Ma, B Q ^c   Mahon, D ^l   Makins, N C R ^m   Manaenkov, S I ^q   Mao, Y ^c   Marianski, B ^x   Martinez de la Ossa, A ^d   Marukyan, H ^y   Miller, C A ^u   Miyachi, Y ^v   Movsisyan, A ^y   Muccifora, V ⁱ   Murray, M ^l   Mussgiller, A ^e,g   Nappi, E ^b   Naryshkin, Y ^q   Nass, A ^g   Negodaev, M ^e   Nowak, W D ^e   Pappalardo, L L ^h   Perez Benito, R ^k   Pickert, N ^g,ab   Raithel, M ^g   Reimer, P E ^a   Reolon, A R ⁱ   Riedl, C ^e   Rith, K ^g   Rosner, G ^l   Rostomyan, A ^e   Rubin, J ^m   Ryckbosch, D ^j   Salomatin, Y ^r   Sanftl, F ^s   Schafer A ^s   Schnell, G ^e,j   Schuler K P ^e   Seitz, B ^l   Shibata, T A ^v   Shutov, V ^f   Stancari, M ^h   Statera, M ^h   Steffens, E ^g   Steijger, J J M ^p   Stenzel, H ^k   Stewart, J ^e,z   Stinzing, F ^g   Terkulov, A ^o   Trzcinski, A ^x   Tytgat, M ^j   Van Haarlem, Y ^j,ag   Van Hulse, C ^j   Veretennikov, D ^q   Vikhrov, V ^q   Vilardi, I ^b,ah   Voge, C ^q,ai   Wang, S ^c   Yaschenko, S ^e,g   Ye, Z ^e,aj   Yen, S ^u   Yu, W ^k   Zeiler, D ^g   Zihlmann, B ^e,ak   Zupranski, P ^x   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DESY   (Germany)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

ⁱ INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^m University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^o LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^p NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^q PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^r INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^s UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^t ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^u TRIUMF   (Canada)

^v TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^w VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^x SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^y YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^z BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^aa MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ab SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^ac JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ad CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^ae GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^af UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^ag CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^ai AREVA NP GMBH   (Germany)

^aj FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^ak THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Lepton nucleon scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988891203     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/11/083     Document Type: Article

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