Exploring the Size of the Proton by Means of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering at CERN /

• Main Author: Jörg, Philipp (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Mathematical physics.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

This book is a rare jewel, describing fundamental research in a highly dynamic field of subatomic physics. It presents an overview of cross section measurements of deeply virtual Compton scattering. Understanding the structure of the proton is one of the most important challenges that physics faces...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theory
• The COMPASS-II Experiment
• The Kinematically Constrained Fit
• The 2012 DVCS Data
• Event Selection and Simulations
• The Cross Section and its t-Dependence
• Summary.