Positrons at Jefferson Lab
Abstract
We review the compelling case for establishing a capability to accelerate positrons at Jefferson Lab. The potential applications range from the study of two-photon exchange and deeply-virtual Compton scattering to exploiting the charged current weak interaction to probe the flavor structure of hadrons and nuclei. There are also fascinating ideas for using such a capability to discover new physics beyond the Standard Model of nuclear and particle physics.
- Publication:
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International Workshop on Positrons at Jefferson Lab
- Pub Date:
- September 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3232031
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0907.4748
- Bibcode:
- 2009AIPC.1160....3T
- Keywords:
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- 13.60.Fz;
- 25.30.Hm;
- 14.80.Bn;
- 24.60.Ky;
- 98.35.Jk;
- Elastic and Compton scattering;
- Positron scattering;
- Standard-model Higgs bosons;
- Fluctuation phenomena;
- Galactic center bar circumnuclear matter and bulge;
- Nuclear Experiment;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- Invited talk at the International Workshop on Positrons at Jefferson Lab, March 25-27, 2009