Insight into the Narrow Structure in Photoproduction on the Neutron from Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections
Abstract
Here, the double polarization observable E and the helicity dependent cross sections σ1/2 and σ3/2 were measured for η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons. The circularly polarized tagged photon beam of the A2 experiment at the Mainz MAMI accelerator was used in combination with a longitudinally polarized deuterated butanol target. The almost 4π detector setup of the Crystal Ball and TAPS is ideally suited to detect the recoil nucleons and the decay photons from η→2γ and η→3π0. The results show that the narrow structure previously observed in η photoproduction from the neutron is only apparent in σ1/2 and hence, most likely related to a spin-1/2 amplitude. Nucleon resonances that contribute to this partial wave in η production are only N1/2– (S11) and N1/2+ (P11). Furthermore, the extracted Legendre coefficients of the angular distributions for σ1/2 are in good agreement with recent reaction model predictions assuming a narrow resonance in the P11 wave as the origin of this structure.
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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), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- Contributing Org.:
- A2 Collaboration at MAMI
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1437121
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1326128; OSTI ID: 1439890
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-88ER40415; FG02-99-ER41110; FG02-01ER41194; SC0016583
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; pion photoproduction
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Witthauer, L., Dieterle, M., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cividini, F., 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., Strakovski, 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. Insight into the Narrow Structure in η Photoproduction on the Neutron from Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.132502.
Witthauer, L., Dieterle, M., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cividini, F., 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., Strakovski, 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. Insight into the Narrow Structure in η Photoproduction on the Neutron from Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.132502
Witthauer, L., Dieterle, M., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cividini, F., 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., Strakovski, 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. Thu .
"Insight into the Narrow Structure in η Photoproduction on the Neutron from Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.132502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1437121.
@article{osti_1437121,
title = {Insight into the Narrow Structure in η Photoproduction on the Neutron from Helicity-Dependent Cross Sections},
author = {Witthauer, L. and Dieterle, M. and Abt, S. and Achenbach, P. and Afzal, F. and Ahmed, Z. 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 Cividini, F. 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 Strakovski, 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 = {Here, the double polarization observable E and the helicity dependent cross sections σ1/2 and σ3/2 were measured for η photoproduction from quasifree protons and neutrons. The circularly polarized tagged photon beam of the A2 experiment at the Mainz MAMI accelerator was used in combination with a longitudinally polarized deuterated butanol target. The almost 4π detector setup of the Crystal Ball and TAPS is ideally suited to detect the recoil nucleons and the decay photons from η→2γ and η→3π0. The results show that the narrow structure previously observed in η photoproduction from the neutron is only apparent in σ1/2 and hence, most likely related to a spin-1/2 amplitude. Nucleon resonances that contribute to this partial wave in η production are only N1/2– (S11) and N1/2+ (P11). Furthermore, the extracted Legendre coefficients of the angular distributions for σ1/2 are in good agreement with recent reaction model predictions assuming a narrow resonance in the P11 wave as the origin of this structure.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.132502},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 13,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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