Beam–target helicity asymmetry E in K+Σ− photoproduction on the neutron

Zachariou, N. et al. (2020) Beam–target helicity asymmetry E in K+Σ− photoproduction on the neutron. Physics Letters B, 808, 135662. (doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135662)

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Abstract

We report a measurement of a beam–target double-polarisation observable (E) for the γ→n→(p) →K+Σ−(p)reaction. The data were obtained impinging the circularly-polarised energy-tagged photon beam of Hall B at Jefferson Lab on a longitudinally-polarised frozen-spin hydrogen deuteride (HD) nuclear target. The Eobservable for an effective neutron target was determined for centre-of-mass energies 1.70 ≤W≤2.30GeV, with reaction products detected over a wide angular acceptance by the CLAS spectrometer. These new double-polarisation data give unique constraints on the strange decays of excited neutron states. Inclusion of the new data within the Bonn-Gatchina theoretical model results in significant changes for the extracted photocouplings of a number of established nucleon resonances. Possible improvements in the PWA description of the experimental data with additional “missing” resonance states, including the N(2120)3/2−resonance, are also quantified.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This work has been supported by the U.K. Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/P004385/2, ST/T002077/1, and ST/L00478X/2) grants, as well as by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF16-12-10267) grant.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Livingston, Dr Kenneth and Sokhan, Dr Daria and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Fegan, Mr Stuart and Rosner, Professor Guenther and Ireland, Professor David
Authors: Zachariou, N., Watts, D.P., Fleming, J., Sarantsev, A.V., Nikonov, V.A., D'Angelo, A., Bashkanov, M., Hanretty, C., Kageya, T., Klein, F.J., Lowry, M., Lu, H., Sandorfi, A., Wei, X., Zonta, I., Adhikari, K.P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M.J., Angelini, G., Asryan, G., Atac, H., Barion, L., Bass, C., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A.S., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W.J., Brooks, W.K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V., Carman, D.S., Carvajal, J.C., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P.L., Contalbrigo, M., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G.P., Girod, F.X., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R.W., Griffioen, K.A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Ho, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D.G., Ishkhanov, B.S., Isupov, E.L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H.S., Joo, K., Joosten, S.J., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C.W., Kim, W., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I.J.D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z.E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel Turonski, P., O'Connell, T.R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A.I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L.L., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J.W., Prok, Y., Puckett, A.J.R., Raue, B.A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R.A., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I.I., Strauch, S., Tan, J.A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N.K., Whisnant, C.S., Wood, M.H., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z.W.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Physics Letters B
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0370-2693
ISSN (Online):1873-2445
Published Online:30 July 2020
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2020 Crown Copyright
First Published:First published in Physics Letters B 808: 135662
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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