https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2340-y
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Polarised structure functions and two-photon physics at Super-B
Department of Physics, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
* e-mail: g.m.shore@swansea.ac.uk
Received:
6
December
2012
Revised:
16
January
2013
Published online:
8
March
2013
The potential of polarised, high-luminosity, moderate-energy e
+
e
− colliders for performing unique measurements in fundamental QCD is described, with particular reference to the proposed Super-B facility. An extensive programme of two-photon physics is proposed, focusing on measurements of the polarised photon structure functions 
and 
and pseudoscalar meson transition functions. The experimental requirements for Super-B to make the first measurement of the first moment sum rule for the off-shell polarised photon structure function 
are described in detail. Cross-section formulae and experimental issues for investigations of NLO and higher-twist effects in and together with exclusive two-photon meson production are presented. This programme of QCD studies complements the core mission of Super-B as a high-luminosity B factory investigating flavour physics and rare processes signalling new physics beyond the standard model.
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and Società Italiana di Fisica, 2013
