Double KS0 photoproduction off the proton at CLAS

Chandavar, S. et al. (2018) Double KS0 photoproduction off the proton at CLAS. Physical Review C, 97(2), 025203. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.97.025203)

Abstract

The f 0 ( 1500 ) meson resonance is one of several contenders to have significant mixing with the lightest glueball. This resonance is well established from several previous experiments. Here we present the first photoproduction data for the f 0 ( 1500 ) via decay into the K 0 S K 0 S channel using the CLAS detector. The reaction γ p → f J p → K 0 S K 0 S p , where J = 0 , 2 , was measured with photon energies from 2.7–5.1 GeV. A clear peak is seen at 1500 MeV in the background subtracted invariant mass spectra of the two kaons. This is enhanced if the measured four-momentum transfer to the proton target is restricted to be less than 1.0 GeV 2 . By comparing data with simulations, it can be concluded that the peak at 1500 MeV is produced primarily at low t , which is consistent with a t -channel production mechanism.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Sokhan, Dr Daria and Glazier, Dr Derek and Protopopescu, Dr Dan and MacGregor, Professor Ian and McKinnon, Dr Bryan and Clark, Ms Louise and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and Ireland, Professor David and Rosner, Professor Guenther
• Authors: Chandavar, S., Goetz, J. T., Hicks, K., Keller, D., Kunkel, M. C., Paolone, M., Weygand, D. P., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Kabir, M. L., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, I., Sokhan, D., Smith, G. D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Ungaro, M., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physical Review C
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• ISSN: 2469-9985
• ISSN (Online): 2469-9993
• Published Online: 26 February 2018
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 American Physical Society
• First Published: First published in Physical Review C 97(2): 025203
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