Jet Asymmetry in High Energy Diffractive Production

Abstract

We propose the asymmetry in the fractional energy of charm versus anticharm jets produced in high energy diffractive photoproduction as a sensitive test of the interference of the Odderon (C = -) and Pomeron (C = +) exchange amplitudes in QCD. If measured at HERA, this asymmetry could provide the first experimental evidence of the Odderon.

Comments: Contribution to the Proceedings of the International Euroconference in Quantum Chromodynamics: 15 Years of the QCD - Montpellier Conference (QCD 00), Montpellier, France, 6-12 July 2000