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The reaction $gamma pto K^+Lambda$ has been investigated over the center-of-momentum energy, $W$, range from threshold up to 2.2 GeV in a tree-level effective Lagrangian model that incorporates most of the well-established baryon resonances with spins equal to or below 5/2. Four less well-established nucleon resonances of higher mass are also included. The fitted parameters consist, for each resonance included, of the products of the coupling strengths at the electromagnetic and strong interaction vertices and, for the less-established nucleon resonances, the total decay width. For the well-established nucleon resonances, the energy and momentum dependence of the widths is treated within a dynamical model that is normalized to give the empirical decay branching ratios on the resonance mass shells. For the less-established resonances, the total decay width is treated as a single parameter independent of the reaction kinematics. The model is used to fit recent data for the unpolarized differential cross section (CLAS), the induced hyperon polarization asymmetry, $P$ (CLAS, GRAAL, and SAPHIR), the beam spin asymmetry, $Sigma$ (LEPS), and the double polarization observables $C_x$ and $C_z$ (CLAS). Two different fits were obtained: one that incorporates SU(3) symmetry constraints on the Born contributions to the reaction amplitude and one in which these constraints are relaxed. Explicit numerical results are given only for the first fit since the two fits gave nearly identical results for the observables and the $chi^2$ per degree of freedom obtained with the second fit was only marginally better than that of the first fit ($<1%$ better). Results are presented for the fitted observables at several different energies and center-of-momentum (c.m.) frame kaon angles.
We investigate $S=-2$ production from the $Lambda pto K^+X$ reactions within the effective Lagrangian approach. The $Lambda pto K^+LambdaLambda$ and $Lambda pto K^+Xi^-p$ reactions are considered to find the lightest $S=-2$ system, which is $H$-dibaryon. We assume that the $H(2250)toLambdaLambda$, and $H(2270)toXi^-p$ decays with the intrinsic decay width of 1 MeV. According to our calculations, the total cross-sections for $Lambda pto K^+LambdaLambda$ and $Lambda pto K^+Xi^-p$ reactions were found to be of the order of a few $mu$b in the $Lambda$ beam momentum range of up to 5 GeV$/c$. Furthermore, the direct access of information regarding the interference patterns between the $H$-dibaryon and non-resonant contributions was demonstrated.
The reaction $gamma pto ppi^0eta$ has been studied with the CBELSA detector at the tagged photon beam of the Bonn electron stretcher facility. The reaction shows contributions from $Delta^+(1232)eta$, $N(1535)^+pi^0$ and $pa_0(980)$ as intermediate states. A partial wave analysis suggests that the reaction proceeds via formation of six $Delta$ resonances, $Delta(1600)P_{33}$, $Delta(1920)P_{33}$, $Delta(1700)D_{33}$, $Delta(1940)D_{33}$, $Delta(1905)F_{35}$, $Delta(2360)D_{33}$, and two nucleon resonances $N(1880)P_{11}$ and $N(2200)P_{13}$, for which pole positions and decay branching ratios are given.
We present calculations of the invariant mass spectra of the $Lambda$p system for the exclusive $p p to K^+ Lambda p$ reaction with the aim of studying the final state interaction between the $Lambda$-hyperon and the proton. The reaction is described within a meson exchange framework and the final state $Lambda p$ interaction is incorporated through an off-shell t-matrix for the $Lambda p to Lambda p$ scattering, constructed using the available hyperon-nucleon (YN) potentials. The cross sections are found to be sensitive to the type of YN potential used especially at the $Lambda$ and $Sigma$ production thresholds. Hence, data on this exclusive reaction, which can be used to constrain the YN potentials are desirable.
A Bayesian analysis of the worlds $p(gamma,K^+)Lambda$ data is presented. We adopt a Regge-plus-resonance framework featuring consistent interactions for nucleon resonances up to spin $J = 5/2$. The power of the momentum dependence of the consistent interaction structure rises with the spin of the resonance. This leads to unphysical structures in the energy dependence of the computed cross sections when the short-distance physics is cut off with standard hadronic form factors. A plausible, spin-dependent modification of the hadronic form factor is proposed which suppresses the unphysical artifacts. Next, we evaluate all possible combinations of 11 candidate resonances. The best model is selected from the 2048 model variants by calculating the Bayesian evidence values against the worlds $p(gamma,K^+)Lambda$ data. From the proposed selection of 11 resonances, we find that the following nucleon resonances have the highest probability of contributing to the reaction: $S_{11}(1535)$, $S_{11}(1650)$, $F_{15}(1680)$, $P_{13}(1720)$, $D_{13}(1900)$, $P_{13}(1900)$, $P_{11}(1900)$, and $F_{15}(2000)$.
The photoproduction of 2$pi^0$ mesons off protons was studied with the Crystal Barrel/TAPS experiment at the electron accelerator ELSA in Bonn. The energy of photons produced in a radiator was tagged in the energy range from 600,MeV to 2.5,GeV. Differential and total cross sections and $ppi^0pi^0$ Dalitz plots are presented. Part of the data was taken with a diamond radiator producing linearly polarized photons, and beam asymmetries were derived. Properties of nucleon and $Delta$ resonances contributing to the $ppi^0pi^0$ final state were determined within the BnGa partial wave analysis. The data presented here allow us to determine branching ratios of nucleon and $Delta$ resonances for their decays into $ppi^0pi^0$ via several intermediate states. Most prominent are decays proceeding via $Delta(1232)pi$, $N(1440)1/2^+pi$, $N(1520)3/2^-pi$, $N(1680)5/2^+pi$, but also $pf_0(500)$, $pf_0(980)$, and $pf_2(1270)$ contribute to the reaction.