Spin density matrix elements in exclusive $$\omega $$ ω meson muoproduction
2021
We report on a measurement of Spin Density Matrix Elements (SDMEs) in hard exclusive $$\omega $$
meson muoproduction on the proton at COMPASS using 160 GeV/c polarised $$ \mu ^{+}$$
and $$ \mu ^{-}$$
beams impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. The measurement covers the range 5.0 GeV/
$$c^2$$
$$< W<$$
17.0 GeV/
$$c^2$$
, with the average kinematics $$\langle Q^{2} \rangle =$$
2.1 (GeV/c)
$$^2$$
, $$\langle W \rangle = 7.6$$
GeV/
$$c^2$$
, and $$\langle p^{2}_{\mathrm{T}} \rangle = 0.16$$
(GeV/c)
$$^2$$
. Here, $$Q^2$$
denotes the virtuality of the exchanged photon, W the mass of the final hadronic system and $$p_T$$
the transverse momentum of the $$\omega $$
meson with respect to the virtual-photon direction. The measured non-zero SDMEs for the transitions of transversely polarised virtual photons to longitudinally polarised vector mesons (
$$\gamma ^*_T \rightarrow V_L$$
) indicate a violation of s-channel helicity conservation. Additionally, we observe a sizeable contribution of unnatural-parity-exchange (UPE) transitions that decreases with increasing W. The results provide important input for modelling Generalised Parton Distributions (GPDs). In particular, they may allow to evaluate in a model-dependent way the contribution of UPE transitions and assess the role of parton helicity-flip GPDs in exclusive $$\omega $$
production.
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