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The COMPASS Measurement of the Pion Polarizability

The COMPASS experiment at CERN reported in a 2015 Physical Review Letter the first precise measurement of the electromagnetic polarizability of the charged pion. After a short introduction of the experiment, we will underline the basic aspects of the measurement of the polarizability performed by CO...

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Autor principal: Bressan, Andrea
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10619127.2016.1177333
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2300075
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Sumario:The COMPASS experiment at CERN reported in a 2015 Physical Review Letter the first precise measurement of the electromagnetic polarizability of the charged pion. After a short introduction of the experiment, we will underline the basic aspects of the measurement of the polarizability performed by COMPASS and the impact of the result.