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TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request.PHYSICAL REVIEW C 98, 025203 (2018) Measurements of the γ v p → p ′ π + π − cross section with the CLAS detector for 0.4GeV 2 < Q 2 < 1.0GeV 2 and 1.3GeV< W < 1.825 GeV New results on the single-differential and fully integrated cross sections for the process γ v p → p ′ π + π − are presented. The experimental data were collected with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. Measurements were carried out in the kinematic region of the reaction invariant mass W from 1.3 to 1.825 GeV and the photon virtuality Q 2 from 0.4 to 1.0 GeV 2 . The cross sections were obtained in narrow Q 2 bins (0.05 GeV 2 ) with the smallest statistical uncertainties achieved in double-pion electroproduction experiments to date. The results were found to be in agreement with previously available data where they overlap. A preliminary interpretation of the extracted cross sections, which was based on a phenomenological meson-baryon reaction model, revealed substantial relative contributions from nucleon resonances. The data offer promising prospects to improve knowledge on the Q 2 evolution of the electrocouplings of most resonances with masses up to ∼1.8 GeV.