Speaker
Description
Generalized Parton Distribution (GPDs) functions describe the correlation between the spatial distribution of the quarks and their longitudinal momentum fraction. Their definition in the mid-1990s has revolutionized our approach to the description of the internal structure of the nucleon. The study of the GPDs, together with the study of similar quantities, are at the forefront of today hadronic physics enterprise.
Exclusive processes, including Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering and Deep Vector Meson Production, are sensitive to GPDS. They have been the subject of intense focus at HERA, COMPASS, and JLab. I will review the approach and results obtained by the JLab Hall A/C DVCS group and speculate on how this approach might benefit from a JLab energy and luminosity upgrade.
This work is supported by USA-NSF award # 1913170.
