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Title: Helicity-dependent cross sections and double-polarization observable E in η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C

Precise helicity-dependent cross sections and the double-polarization observable E were measured for η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons bound in the deuteron. The η → 2γ and η → 3π0 → 6γ decay modes were used to optimize the statistical quality of the data and to estimate systematic uncertainties. The measurement used the A2 detector setup at the tagged photon beam of the electron accelerator MAMI in Mainz. A longitudinally polarized deuterated butanol target was used in combination with a circularly polarized photon beam from bremsstrahlung of a longitudinally polarized electron beam. The reaction products were detected with the electromagnetic calorimeters Crystal Ball and TAPS, which covered 98% of the full solid angle. The results show that the narrow structure observed earlier in the unpolarized excitation function of η photoproduction off the neutron appears only in reactions with antiparallel photon and nucleon spin (σ1/2). It is absent for reactions with parallel spin orientation (σ3/2) and thus very probably related to partial waves with total spin 1/2. The behavior of the angular distributions of the helicity-dependent cross sections was analyzed by fitting them with Legendre polynomials. The results are in good agreement with a model from the Bonn-Gatchina group, which uses an interference of P11 and S11 partial waves to explain the narrow structure.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); German Research Foundation (DFG); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (United Kingdom); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Organization:
A2 Collaboration at MAMI
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-99-ER41110; FG02-88ER40415; FG02-01ER41194; FG02-99ER41110; 227431; PHY-1039130; SC0016583
OSTI ID:
1354757
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1425343; OSTI ID: 1439805
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Vol. 95 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
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