Experimental study of the $gamma prightarrow K^0Sigma^+$, $gamma nrightarrow K^0Lambda$, and $gamma nrightarrow K^0 Sigma^0$ reactions at the Mainz Microtron

This work measured $dsigma/dOmega$ for neutral kaon photoproduction reactions from threshold up to a c.m. energy of 1855MeV, focussing specifically on the $gamma prightarrow K^0Sigma^+$, $gamma nrightarrow K^0Lambda$, and $gamma nrightarrow K^0 Sigma^0$ reactions. Our results for $gamma nrightarrow K^0 Sigma^0$ are the first-ever measurements for that reaction. These data will provide insight into the properties of $N^*$ resonances and, in particular, will lead to an improved knowledge about those states that couple only weakly to the $pi N$ channel. Integrated cross sections were extracted by fitting the differential cross sections for each reaction as a series of Legendre polynomials and our results are compared with prior experimental results and theoretical predictions.