Neutron polarisation transfer, Cx′, in π+ photoproduction off the proton, d(γ⊙,n→π+)nspec

Bashkanov, M. et al. (2023) Neutron polarisation transfer, Cx′, in π+ photoproduction off the proton, d(γ⊙,n→π+)nspec. Physics Letters B, 847, 138283. (doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138283)

Abstract

We report a first measurement of the double-polarisation observable, Cx′, in π+ photoproduction off the proton. The double-polarisation observable represents the transfer of polarisation from a circularly polarised photon beam to the recoiling neutron. The MAMI circularly polarised photon beam impinged on a liquid deuterium target cell, with reaction products detected in the Crystal Ball calorimeter. Ancillary apparatus surrounding the target provided tracking, particle identification and determination of recoil nucleon polarisation. The Cx′ observable is determined for photon energies 800-1400 MeV, providing new constraints on models aiming to elucidate the spectrum and properties of nucleon resonances. This is the first determination of any polarisation observable from the beam-recoil group of observables for this reaction. Inclusion of the new data in the database of the SAID partial wave analysis shifted the solution to a new global minima which, not only gives better agreement with the current data, but also improves the description of a range of other single and double polarisation observables for charged pion photoproduction.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work has been supported by the U.K. STFC (ST/V002570/1, ST/L00478X/2, ST/V001035/1, ST/P004385/2, ST/T002077/1, ST/L005824/1, 57071/1, 50727/1) grants, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB443, SFB/TR16, and SFB1044), DFG-RFBR (Grant No. 09-02-91330), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (Contracts No. 200020-175807, No. 200020-156983, No. 132799, No. 121781, No. 117601), the U.S. Department of Energy (Offices of Science and Nuclear Physics, Awards No. DE-SC0016583, DE-SC0016582, DE-SC0014323, DEFG02-99-ER41110, No. DE-FG02-88ER40415, No. DEFG02-01-ER41194) and National Science Foundation (Grants NSF OISE-1358175; PHY-1039130, PHY-1714833, No. IIA-1358175, PHY-2012940), INFN (Italy), and NSERC of Canada (Grant No. FRN-SAPPJ2015-00023). This infrastructure is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824093.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gardner, Mr Simon and Livingston, Dr Kenneth and MacGregor, Professor Douglas and Annand, Dr John and Glazier, Dr Derek
• Authors: Bashkanov, M., Watts, D.P., Kay, S.J.D., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Ahmed, Z., Akondi, C.S., Annand, J. R.M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W.J., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Downie, E.J., Drexler, P., Fegan, S., Fix, A., Gardner, S., Ghosal, D., Glazier, D. I., Gorodnov, I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, D., Heijkenskjöld, L., Hornidge, D., Huber, G.M., Kashevarov, V.L., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I.J. D., Manley, D.M., Martel, P.P., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Ostrick, M., Otte, P.B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Rostomyan, T., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I.I., Strub, T., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Usov, Y.A., Wagner, S., Walford, N.K., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., Workman, R.L., and Zachariou, N.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Physics Letters B
• Journal Abbr.: PLB
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 0370-2693
• ISSN (Online): 1873-2445
• Published Online: 28 October 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors.
• First Published: First published in Physics Letters B 847:138283
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