@article{6f119b88518f43369c0aabd0a0fd49e2,
title = "Transverse extension of partons in the proton probed in the sea-quark range by measuring the DVCS cross section",
abstract = "We report on the first measurement of exclusive single-photon muoproduction on the proton by COMPASS using 160GeV/cpolarised μ+ and μ- beams of the CERN SPS impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. We determine the dependence of the average of the measured μ+ and μ- cross sections for deeply virtual Compton scattering on the squared four-momentum transfer t from the initial to the final proton. The slope B of the t-dependence is fitted with a single exponential function, which yields B = (4.3 ± 0.6stat+0.1-0.3]sys) (GeV/c)-2. This result can be converted into a transverse extension of partons in the proton, √〈r2⊥〉 = (0.58 ± 0.04stat+0.01-0.02]sys ± 0.04model) fm. For this measurement, the average virtuality of the photon mediating the interaction is 〈Q2〉 = 1.8 (GeV/c)2 and the average value of the Bjorken variable is 〈xBj〉 = 0.056.",
keywords = "COMPASS, Deep inelastic scattering, Deeply virtual Compton scattering, Exclusive reactions, Generalized Parton Distributions, Proton size, Quantum chromodynamics",
author = "{The COMPASS Collaboration} and R. Akhunzyanov and Alexeev, {M. G.} and Alexeev, {G. D.} and A. Amoroso and V. Andrieux and Anfimov, {N. V.} and V. Anosov and A. Antoshkin and K. Augsten and W. Augustyniak and A. Austregesilo and Azevedo, {C. D.R.} and B. Bade{\l}ek and F. Balestra and M. Ball and J. Barth and R. Beck and Y. Bedfer and J. Bernhard and K. Bicker and Bielert, {E. R.} and R. Birsa and M. Bodlak and P. Bordalo and F. Bradamante and A. Bressan and M. B{\"u}chele and E. Burtin and Burtsev, {V. E.} and Chang, {W. C.} and C. Chatterjee and M. Chiosso and I. Choi and Chumakov, {A. G.} and Chung, {S. U.} and A. Cicuttin and Crespo, {M. L.} and {Dalla Torre}, S. and Dasgupta, {S. S.} and S. Dasgupta and Denisov, {O. Yu} and L. Dhara and Donskov, {S. V.} and N. Doshita and Ch Dreisbach and W. D{\"u}nnweber and Dusaev, {R. R.} and M. Dziewiecki and A. Efremov and S. Paul",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2019.04.038",
language = "English",
volume = "793",
pages = "188--194",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}