Differential cross section and recoil polarization measurements for the γp → K+ Λ reaction using CLAS at Jefferson Lab

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作者
McCracken, M. E. [1 ,2 ]
Bellis, M. [1 ]
Meyer, C. A. [1 ]
Williams, M. [1 ]
Adhikari, K. P. [28 ]
Anghinolfi, M.
Ball, J. [9 ]
Battaglieri, M.
Berman, B. L. [40 ]
Biselli, A. S. [13 ]
Branford, D. [12 ]
Briscoe, W. J. [40 ]
Brooks, W. K. [33 ,35 ]
Burkert, V. D. [33 ]
Careccia, S. L. [28 ]
Carman, D. S.
Cole, P. L. [16 ]
Collins, P. [4 ]
Crede, V. [15 ]
D'Angelo, A. [19 ,30 ]
Daniel, A. [27 ]
Dashyan, N. [39 ]
De Vita, R. [18 ]
De Sanctis, E. [17 ]
Deur, A. [33 ]
Dey, B. [1 ]
Dhamija, S. [14 ]
Dickson, R. [1 ]
Djalali, C. [32 ]
Doughty, D. [10 ,33 ]
Dugger, M. [4 ]
Dupre, R. [3 ]
El Alaoui, A. [3 ]
Eugenio, P. [15 ]
Fegan, S. [36 ]
Fradi, A.
Gabrielyan, M. Y. [14 ]
Giovanetti, K. L. [22 ]
Girod, F. X. [9 ]
Goetz, J. T. [5 ]
Gohn, W. [11 ]
Gothe, R. W. [32 ]
Griffioen, K. A. [38 ]
Guidal, M. [20 ]
Hafidi, K. [3 ]
Hakobyanm, H. [35 ]
Hanretty, C. [15 ]
Hassall, N. [36 ]
Hicks, K. [27 ]
Holtrop, M. [25 ]
机构
[1] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
[2] Washington & Jefferson Coll, Washington, PA 15301 USA
[3] Argonne Natl Lab, Argonne, IL 60441 USA
[4] Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[5] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[6] Calif State Univ Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA 90747 USA
[7] Canisius Coll, Buffalo, NY 14208 USA
[8] Catholic Univ Amer, Washington, DC 20064 USA
[9] Ctr Etud Saclay, CEA, Irfu Serv Phys Nucl, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[10] Christopher Newport Univ, Newport News, VA 23606 USA
[11] Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[12] Univ Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Midlothian, Scotland
[13] Fairfield Univ, Fairfield, CT 06824 USA
[14] Florida Int Univ, Miami, FL 33199 USA
[15] Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[16] Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA
[17] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
[18] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy
[19] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[20] Inst Phys Nucl ORSAY, Orsay, France
[21] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, RU-117259 Moscow, Russia
[22] James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
[23] Kyungpook Natl Univ, Taegu 702701, South Korea
[24] Univ Grenoble 1, CNRS, IN2P3, INPG,LPSC, Grenoble, France
[25] Univ New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 USA
[26] Norfolk State Univ, Norfolk, VA 23504 USA
[27] Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701 USA
[28] Old Dominion Univ, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
[29] Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Troy, NY 12180 USA
[30] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[31] Skobeltsyn Nucl Phys Inst, RU-119899 Moscow, Russia
[32] Univ S Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[33] Thomas Jefferson Natl Accelerator Facil, Newport News, VA 23606 USA
[34] Union Coll, Schenectady, NY 12308 USA
[35] Univ Tecn Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile
[36] Univ Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
[37] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901 USA
[38] Coll William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
[39] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
[40] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 2010年 / 81卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
PHOTON ENERGIES; SIGMA(0); PHOTOPRODUCTION;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevC.81.025201
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We present measurements of the differential cross section and Lambda recoil polarization for the gamma p -> K+ Lambda reaction made using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. These measurements cover the center-of-mass energy range from 1.62 to 2.84 GeV and a wide range of center-of-mass K+ production angles. Independent analyses were performed using the K+ p pi(-) and K+ p (missing pi(-)) final-state topologies; results from these analyses were found to exhibit good agreement. These differential-cross-section measurements show excellent agreement with previous CLAS and LEPS results and offer increased precision and a 300-MeV increase in energy coverage. The recoil polarization data agree well with previous results and offer a large increase in precision and a 500-MeV extension in energy range. The increased center-of-mass energy range that these data represent will allow for independent study of nonresonant K+ Lambda photoproduction mechanisms at all production angles.
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