Measurement of target and double-spin asymmetries for the ep - →eπ+(n) reaction in the nucleon resonance region at low Q2

We report measurements of target- and double-spin asymmetries for the exclusive channel (e) over right arrow (p) over right arrow -> ep(+)(n) in the nucleon resonance region at Jefferson Lab using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). These asymmetries were extracted from data obtained using a longitudinally polarized NH3 target and a longitudinally polarized electron beam with energies 1.1, 1.3, 2.0, 2.3, and 3.0 GeV. The new results are consistent with previous CLAS publications but are extended to a low Q(2) range from 0.0065 to 0.35 (GeV/c)(2). The Q(2) access was made possible by a custom-built Cherenkov detector that allowed the detection of electrons for scattering angles as low as 6 degrees. These results are compared with the unitary isobar models JANR and MAID, the partial-wave analysis prediction from SAID, and the dynamic model DMT. In many kinematic regions our results, in particular results on the target asymmetry, help to constrain the polarization-dependent components of these models.