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A crossing and duality consistent model of [Lambda], [Sigma][sup 0] and [Lambda](1405) hyperon formation in kaon electromagnetic production and capture reactions

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7169299
A comprehensive theoretical model is developed for the electromagnetic production of the low lying [Lambda], [Sigma][sup 0] and [Lambda](1405) hyperons via kaon photoproduction, ([gamma],K[sup +]), electroproduction, (e,e[prime]K[sup +]), and the crossing related radiative (K[sup [minus]],[gamma]), and pair producing, (K[sup [minus]], e[sup +]e[sup [minus]]), capture reactions for center of mass energies below 2.3 GeV. Utilizing a field-theoretical, quantum hadrodynamic (QHD) interaction Lagrangian, a relativistically covariant formulation of the transition amplitude is derived. The covariant Feynman rules are applied to evaluate the tree-level Born and resonance diagrams with J[sup [pi]] = 0[sup [minus]], 1/2[sup +-] and 1[sup +-]. Crossing symmetry of the S-matrix is exploited to constrain the phenomenological strong and electromagnetic coupling constants of the model by requiring a consistent, simultaneous description of the available data in both ([gamma], K[sup +]) and (K[sup [minus]], [gamma]) reaction channels. Hadronic substructure is accommodated through the use of realistic, extended vector meson dominance (EVMD) form factors. Subsequent analysis and numerical calculations have led to major new results.
Research Organization:
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
OSTI ID:
7169299
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English