phi Photoproduction at CLAS
The cross-section for phi meson photoproduction on the proton has been measured at a photon energy E_gamma = 3.6 GeV up to a four-momentum transfer -t = 4 GeV^2. A measurement of the differential cross-section at such high transfers, down to 100 pb/GeV^2, was only made possible thanks to the combination of the 100% duty cycle of CEBAF and the use of the large acceptance detector CLAS. At low four-momentum transfer, the differential cross-section is in agreement with previous measurements and is well accounted for by the exchange of the Pomeron. At large four-momentum transfer, above -t = 1 GeV^2, no previous data exist, and our results support a model where the Pomeron is resolved into its simplest component, two gluons. Taking into account the coupling of these gluons to any quark in the proton and the phi reproduces quite well the dependence in t of our cross-sections.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 882277
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-00-98; DOE/ER/40150-3864
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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