Photoproduction of the rho^0 Meson on the Proton at Large Momentum Transfer

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2001 · Phys. Rev. Lett.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.172002· OSTI ID:883363

Battaglieri, M; Anciant, E; Anghinolfi, M; Vita, R De; Golovach, E; Laget, J M; Mokeev, V; Ripani, M; Adams, G; Amaryan, M J; Armstrong, D S; Asavapibhop, B; Asryan, G; Audit, G; Auger, T; Avakian, H; Barrow, S; Beard, K; Bektasoglu, M; Berman, B L ; Bianchi, N; Biselli, A S; Boiarinov, S; Branford, D; Briscoe, W J; Brooks, W K; Burkert, V D; Calarco, J R; Capitani, G P; Carman, D S; Carnahan, B; Cazes, A; Cetina, C; Cole, P L; Coleman, A; Cords, D; Corvisiero, P; Crabb, D; Crannell, H; Cummings, J P; DeSanctis, E; Degtyarenko, P V; Demirchyan, R; Denizli, H; Dennis, L; Dharmawardane, K V; Dhuga, K S; Djalali, C; Dodge, G E; Doughty, D; Dragovitsch, P; Dugger, M; Dytman, S; Eckhause, M; Egiyan, H; Egiyan, K S; Elouadrhiri, L; Farhi, L; Feuerbach, R J; Ficenec, J; Forest, T A; Freyberger, A P; Frolov, V; Funsten, H; Gaff, S J; Gai, M; Gilad, S; Gilfoyle, G P; Giovanetti, K L; Griffioen, K; Guidal, M; Guillo, M; Gyurjyan, V; Hancock, D; Hardie, J; Heddle, D; Hersman, F W; Hicks, K; Hicks, R S; Holtrop, M; Hyde-Wright, C E; Ito, M M; Joo, K; Kelley, J H; Khandaker, M; Kim, W; Klein, A; Klein, F J; Klusman, M; Kossov, M; Kramer, L H; Kuang, Y; Kuhn, S E; Lawrence, D; Lucas, M; Lukashin, K; Major, R W; Manak, J J; Marchand, C; McAleer, S; McCarthy, J; C McNabb, J W; Mecking, B A; Mestayer, M D; Meyer, C A; Mikhailov, K; Minehart, R; Mirazita, M; Miskimen, R; Muccifora, V; Mueller, J; Mutchler, G S; Napolitano, J; Nelson, S O; Niczyporuk, B B; Niyazov, R A; O'Brien, J T; Opper, A K; Peterson, G; Philips, S A; Pivnyuk, N; Pocanic, D; Pogorelko, O; Polli, E; Preedom, B M; Price, J W; Protopopescu, D; Qin, L M; Raue, B A; Reolon, A R; Riccardi, G; Ricco, G; Ritchie, B G; Ronchetti, F; Rossi, P; Rowntree, D; Rubin, P D; Sabourov, K; Salgado, C; Sanzone-Arenhovel, M; Sapunenko, V; Schumacher, R A; Serov, V S; Shafi, A; Sharabian, Y G; Shaw, J; Skabelin, A V; Smith, E S; Smith, T; Smith, L C; Sober, D I; Spraker, M; Stavinsky, A; Stepanyan, S; Stoler, P; Taiuti, M; Taylor, S; Tedeschi, D J; Todor, L; Thompson, R; Vineyard, M F; Vlassov, A V; Weinstein, L B; Weisberg, A; Weller, H; Weygand, D P; Whisnant, C S; Wolin, E; Wood, M; Yegneswaran, A; Yun, J; Zhang, B; Zhao, J; Zhou, Z

The differential cross section, d{sigma}/dt, for p0 meson photoproduction on the proton above the resonance region was measured up to a momentum transfer -t = 5 GeV2 using the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The p0 channel was extracted from the measured two charged-pion cross sections by fitting the {pi}+{pi}- and p{pi}+ invariant masses. The low momentum transfer region shows the typical diffractive pattern expected from Reggeon exchange. The flatter behavior at large -t cannot be explained solely in terms of QCD-inspired two-gluon exchange models. The data indicate that other processes, like quark interchange, are important to fully describe p photoproduction.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 883363
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-01-104; DOE/ER/40150-3822; hep-ex/0107028
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett., Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett. Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 87
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English