The first measurement of the p n -> d omega total cross section has been achieved at mean excess energies of Q = 28 and 57 MeV by using a deuterium cluster-jet target. The momentum of the fast deuteron was measured in the ANKE spectrometer at COSY-Juelich and that of the slow spectator proton p(sp) from the p d -> p(sp) d omega reaction in a silicon telescope placed close to the target. The cross sections lie above those measured for p p -> p p omega but seem to be below theoretical predictions.
The total cross section for omega production in the pp -> pp omega reaction has been measured at five c.m. excess energies from 3.8 to 30 MeV. The energy dependence is easily understood in terms of a strong proton-proton final state interaction combined with a smearing over the width of the state. The ratio of near-threshold phi and omega production is consistent with the predictions of a one-pion-exchange model and the degree of violation of the OZI rule is similar to that found in the pi-p -> n omega/phi reactions.
The photoproduction of $omega$ mesons on LH_2, C and Nb has been studied for incident photon energies from 900 to 1300 MeV using the CB/TAPS detector at ELSA. The $omega$ line shape does not show any significant difference between the LH_2 and the Nb targets. The data are compared with results of transport calculations that predict a sensitivity of the $omega$ line shape to in-medium modifications near the production threshold on a free nucleon of $E_{gamma}^{lab}$ = 1109 MeV.}
Photoproduction of the $omega$ meson on the proton has been experimentally studied near the threshold. The total cross sections are determined at incident energies ranging from 1.09 to 1.15 GeV. The 1/2 and 3/2 spin-averaged scattering length $a_{omega p}$ and effective range $r_{omega p}$ between the $omega$ meson and proton are estimated from the shape of the total cross section as a function of the incident photon energy: $a_{omega p} = left(-0.97^{+0.16_{rm stat}}_{-0.16_{rm stat}}{}^{+0.03_{rm syst}}_{-0.00_{rm syst}}right)+i left(0.07^{+0.15_{rm stat}}_{-0.14_{rm stat}}{}^{+0.17_{rm syst}}_{-0.09_{rm syst}}right)$ fm and $r_{omega p}=left(+2.78^{+0.68_{rm stat}}_{-0.54_{rm stat}}{}^{+0.11_{rm syst}}_{-0.13_{rm syst}}right)+ileft(-0.01^{+0.46_{rm stat}}_{-0.50_{rm stat}}{}^{+0.07_{rm syst}}_{-0.00_{rm syst}}right)$ fm, resulting in a repulsive force. The real and imaginary parts for $a_{omega p}$ and $r_{omega p}$ are determined separately for the first time. A small $P$-wave contribution does not affect the obtained values.
The total cross section of the p d -> p d eta reaction has been measured at two energies near threshold by detecting the final proton and deuteron in a magneti spectrometer. The values are somewhat larger than expected on the basis of two simple theoretical estimates.
An experimental study of $omega$ photoproduction on the proton was conducted by using the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The $gamma ptoomega p$ differential cross sections are measured from threshold to the incident-photon energy $E_gamma=1.40$ GeV ($W=1.87$ GeV for the center-of-mass energy) with 15-MeV binning in $E_gamma$ and full production-angle coverage. The quality of the present data near threshold gives access to a variety of interesting physics aspects. As an example, an estimation of the $omega N$ scattering length $alpha_{omega p}$ is provided.