Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Santoro, Joseph Peter
URN	etd-08182004-145552
Title	Electroproduction of Phi(1020) Mesons at High Q^2 with CLAS
Degree	PhD
Department	Physics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Elton Smith Committee Co-Chair John Ficenec Committee Co-Chair Mark Pitt Committee Member Tetsuro Mizutani Committee Member Uwe Tauber Committee Member
Keywords	Nucleon GPDs Vector Meson Electroproduction
Date of Defense	2004-08-05
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This analysis studies the reaction ep→ e'p'φ in the kinematical range 1.6 < Q² < 5.0 GeV² and 2.0 < W < 3.0 GeV² at CLAS. After successful signal identification, total and differential cross sections are measured and compared to the world data set. Comparisons are made to the predictions of the Jean-Marc Laget(JML) model based on Pomeron plus 2-gluon exchange. The overall scaling of the total cross section was determined to be 1/Q^(4.6±1.7) which is compatible within errors to the Vector Meson Dominance prediction of 1/Q^4 as well as to the expected behavior of a quark and gluon exchange-dominated model described by Generalized Parton Distributions of 1/Q^6. The differential cross section dσ/dΦ was used to determine that the s-channel helicity conservation (SCHC) assumption is valid within the precision of the current data. SCHC leads to a simple expression for the decay angular distribution from which R, the ratio of the longitudinal to the transverse cross section, can be extracted. Under the assumption of SCHC, we determine R=1.33 ±0.18 at an average Q² of 2.21 GeV² which leads to a determination of the longitudinal cross section σL=5.3±1.3 nb for exclusive φ production.
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