Eur. Phys. J. A (2016) 52: 151
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16151-9

Review

Experimental overview of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering

¹ CEA-Saclay, DRF/Irfu/SPhN, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
² Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay, Orsay, France
³ DESY, 22603, Hamburg, Germany

^* e-mail: silvia@jlab.org

Received: 4 May 2016
Accepted: 8 June 2016
Published online: 16 June 2016

Abstract

Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering (DVCS) is a key reaction to gain information on Generalized Parton Distributions. In this paper the existing measurements of DVCS on the nucleon, as well as those planned for the near future, are presented and discussed.