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Some comments on the handbag approach to wide‐angle exclusive scattering
Author(s) -
Kroll P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.200410111
Subject(s) - parton , physics , observable , compton scattering , skewness , scattering , nucleon , mechanism (biology) , particle physics , meson , statistical physics , quantum mechanics , econometrics , hadron , mathematics
Abstract The handbag mechanism for wide‐angle exclusive scattering reactions is discussed and compared to other theoretical approaches. The role of power laws in observables is critically examined. Applications of the handbag mechanism to Compton scattering and meson photoproduction are presented. The soft physics input to these processes are specific form factors which represent 1/ x moments of generalized parton distributions at zero skewness. A recent analysis of the nucleon form factors provides these GPDs and, hence, the new form factors.