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Title: Near threshold electroproduction of the omega meson at Q2 {approx} 0.5 GeV2

Journal Article ·
OSTI ID:823590

Electroproduction of the omega meson was investigated in the p(e,e'p)omega reaction. The measurement was performed at a 4-momentum transfer Q2 {approx} 0.5 GeV2. Angular distributions of the virtual photon-proton center-of-momentum cross sections have been extracted over the full angular range. These distributions exhibit a strong enhancement over t-channel parity exchange processes in the backward direction. According to a newly developed electroproduction model, this enhancement provides significant evidence of resonance formation in the gamma* p -> omega p reaction channel.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
823590
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-04-11; DOE/ER/40150-2660; nucl-ex/0403003; TRN: US0401771
Resource Relation:
Other Information: No journal information given for this preprint; PBD: 1 Mar 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English