Probing axial quark generalized parton distributions through exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\pi^\pm$ pair with a large invariant mass.
2018
Exclusive photoproduction of a $\gamma\,\pi^\pm$ pair in the kinematics where the pair has a large invariant mass and the final nucleon has a small transverse momentum is described in the collinear factorization framework. The scattering amplitude is calculated at leading order in $\alpha_s$ and the differential cross sections for the process are estimated in the kinematics of the JLab~12-GeV experiments. The order of magnitude of the predicted cross-sections seems sufficient for a dedicated experiment to be performed. The process turns out to be very sensitive to the axial generalized parton distribution combination $\tilde{H}_u - \tilde{H}_d$.
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