Two-photon-exchange effects in the electroexcitation of the delta resonance.
We examine the two-photon exchange contribution to the eN --> edelta(1232) --> epiN process with the aim of a precision study of the ratios of electric quadrupole (E2) and Coulomb quadrupole (C2) to the magnetic dipole (M1) gamma*Ndelta transitions. We relate the two-photon exchange amplitude to the N --> delta generalized parton distributions and obtain a quantitative estimate of the two-photon effects. The two-photon exchange corrections to the C2/M1 ratio depend strongly on whether this quantity is obtained from an interference cross section or from the Rosenbluth-type cross sections, in similarity with the elastic, eN --> eN, process.
Pascalutsa
Vladimir
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Physics Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA. vlad@jlab.org
Carlson
Carl E
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Vanderhaeghen
Marc
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