First measurement of the polarization observable E and helicity-dependent cross sections in single π 0 photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons
Abstract
The double-polarization observable Eand the helicity-dependent cross sections σ1/2and σ3/2have been measured for the first time for single π0photoproduction from protons and neutrons bound in the deuteron at the electron accelerator facility MAMI in Mainz, Germany. The experiment used a circularly polarized photon beam and a longitudinally polarized deuterated butanol target. The reaction products, recoil nucleons and decay photons from the π0 meson were detected with the Crystal Ball and TAPS electromagnetic calorimeters. Effects from nuclear Fermi motion were removed by a kinematic reconstruction of the π0N final state. A comparison to data measured with a free proton target showed that the absolute scale of the cross sections is significantly modified by nuclear final-state interaction (FSI) effects. However, there is no significant effect on the asymmetry E since the σ1/2 and σ3/2 components appear to be influenced in a similar way. Thus, the best approximation of the two helicity-dependent cross sections for the free neutron is obtained by combining the asymmetry E measured with quasi-free neutrons and the unpolarized cross section corrected for FSI effects under the assumption that the FSI effects are similar for neutrons and protons.
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Nuclear Physics Research Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1356438
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- OSTI ID: 1424752; OSTI ID: 1439813
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- FG02-99ER41110; FG02-88ER40415; FG02-01ER41194; SC0016583
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- Journal Article: Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physics Letters. B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Volume: 770 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Netherlands
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; meson photoproduction
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Dieterle, M., Witthauer, L., Cividini, F., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Akondi, C. S., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Denig, A., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A. B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., Metag, V., Meyer, W., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Rajabi, A., Reicherz, G., Ron, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. First measurement of the polarization observable E and helicity-dependent cross sections in single π 0 photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons. Netherlands: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.04.079.
Dieterle, M., Witthauer, L., Cividini, F., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Akondi, C. S., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Denig, A., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A. B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., Metag, V., Meyer, W., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Rajabi, A., Reicherz, G., Ron, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., & Zana, L. First measurement of the polarization observable E and helicity-dependent cross sections in single π 0 photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.04.079
Dieterle, M., Witthauer, L., Cividini, F., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Akondi, C. S., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Denig, A., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A. B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., Metag, V., Meyer, W., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Rajabi, A., Reicherz, G., Ron, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. 2017.
"First measurement of the polarization observable E and helicity-dependent cross sections in single π 0 photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.04.079.
@article{osti_1356438,
title = {First measurement of the polarization observable E and helicity-dependent cross sections in single π 0 photoproduction from quasi-free nucleons},
author = {Dieterle, M. and Witthauer, L. and Cividini, F. and Abt, S. and Achenbach, P. and Adlarson, P. and Afzal, F. and Ahmed, Z. and Akondi, C. S. and Annand, J. R. M. and Arends, H. J. and Bashkanov, M. and Beck, R. and Biroth, M. and Borisov, N. S. and Braghieri, A. and Briscoe, W. J. and Costanza, S. and Collicott, C. and Denig, A. and Downie, E. J. and Drexler, P. and Ferretti-Bondy, M. I. and Gardner, S. and Garni, S. and Glazier, D. I. and Glowa, D. and Gradl, W. and Günther, M. and Gurevich, G. M. and Hamilton, D. and Hornidge, D. and Huber, G. M. and Käser, A. and Kashevarov, V. L. and Kay, S. and Keshelashvili, I. and Kondratiev, R. and Korolija, M. and Krusche, B. and Lazarev, A. B. and Linturi, J. M. and Lisin, V. and Livingston, K. and Lutterer, S. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and Mancell, J. and Manley, D. M. and Martel, P. P. and Metag, V. and Meyer, W. and Miskimen, R. and Mornacchi, E. and Mushkarenkov, A. and Neganov, A. B. and Neiser, A. and Oberle, M. and Ostrick, M. and Otte, P. B. and Paudyal, D. and Pedroni, P. and Polonski, A. and Prakhov, S. N. and Rajabi, A. and Reicherz, G. and Ron, G. and Rostomyan, T. and Sarty, A. and Sfienti, C. and Sikora, M. H. and Sokhoyan, V. and Spieker, K. and Steffen, O. and Strakovsky, I. I. and Strub, Th. and Supek, I. and Thiel, A. and Thiel, M. and Thomas, A. and Unverzagt, M. and Usov, Yu. A. and Wagner, S. and Walford, N. K. and Watts, D. P. and Werthmüller, D. and Wettig, J. and Wolfes, M. and Zana, L.},
abstractNote = {The double-polarization observable Eand the helicity-dependent cross sections σ1/2and σ3/2have been measured for the first time for single π0photoproduction from protons and neutrons bound in the deuteron at the electron accelerator facility MAMI in Mainz, Germany. The experiment used a circularly polarized photon beam and a longitudinally polarized deuterated butanol target. The reaction products, recoil nucleons and decay photons from the π0 meson were detected with the Crystal Ball and TAPS electromagnetic calorimeters. Effects from nuclear Fermi motion were removed by a kinematic reconstruction of the π0N final state. A comparison to data measured with a free proton target showed that the absolute scale of the cross sections is significantly modified by nuclear final-state interaction (FSI) effects. However, there is no significant effect on the asymmetry E since the σ1/2 and σ3/2 components appear to be influenced in a similar way. Thus, the best approximation of the two helicity-dependent cross sections for the free neutron is obtained by combining the asymmetry E measured with quasi-free neutrons and the unpolarized cross section corrected for FSI effects under the assumption that the FSI effects are similar for neutrons and protons.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2017.04.079},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1356438},
journal = {Physics Letters. B},
issn = {0370-2693},
number = C,
volume = 770,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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