Separation of Soft and Hard Physics in DVCS

Abstract

A model for deeply virtual Compton scattering, based on analytical light-cone hadron wave functions is presented and studied at energies currently accessible at Jefferson Laboratory and DESY. It is shown that poles and perpendicular vector components play an important role at Q^2 < 10 GeV^2. A Q^2 suppressed diagram has to be included at these low energies, but becomes negligible above 10 GeV^2. Future prospects and developments of this model are discussed.

6 pages, 2 figures, uses ws-procs9x6.cls, to appear in Proceedings of the Exclusive Processes at High-t Workshop at Jefferson Lab, May 15-18 2002