First measurement of the helicity asymmetry E in η photoproduction on the proton

I. Senderovich, B. T. Morrison, Michael Dugger, Barry Ritchie, E. Pasyuk, R. Tucker, J. Brock, C. Carlin, C. D. Keith, D. G. Meekins, M. L. Seely, D. Rönchen, M. Döring, P. Collins, K. P. Adhikari, D. Adikaram, Z. Akbar, M. D. Anderson, S. Anefalos Pereira, R. A. BaduiJ. Ball, N. A. Baltzell, M. Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, A. S. Biselli, S. Boiarinov, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, V. D. Burkert, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, S. Chandavar, G. Charles, L. Colaneri, P. L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Credé, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, G. Fedotov, S. Fegan, A. Filippi, J. A. Fleming, A. Fradi, B. Garillon, Y. Ghandilyan, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, D. I. Glazier, J. T. Goetz, W. Gohn, E. Golovatch, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, L. Guo, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, M. Hattawy, K. Hicks, D. Ho, M. Holtrop, S. M. Hughes, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, D. Jenkins, H. Jiang, H. S. Jo, K. Joo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, G. Khachatryan, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, F. J. Klein, V. Kubarovsky, M. C. Kunkel, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, H. Y. Lu, I. J.D. MacGregor, P. Mattione, B. McKinnon, C. A. Meyer, T. Mineeva, V. Mokeev, R. A. Montgomery, A. Movsisyan, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, L. A. Net, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, K. Park, S. Park, P. Peng, W. Phelps, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, A. J.R. Puckett, M. Ripani, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Roy, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, D. Schott, R. A. Schumacher, E. Seder, A. Simonyan, Iu Skorodumina, G. D. Smith, D. I. Sober, N. Sparveris, S. Stepanyan, P. Stoler, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, V. Sytnik, Ye Tian, M. Ungaro, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, X. Wei, M. H. Wood, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao, I. Zonta

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Abstract

Results are presented for the first measurement of the double-polarization helicity asymmetry E for the η photoproduction reaction γp→ηp. Data were obtained using the FROzen Spin Target (FROST) with the CLAS spectrometer in Hall B at Jefferson Lab, covering a range of center-of-mass energy W from threshold to 2.15 GeV and a large range in center-of-mass polar angle. As an initial application of these data, the results have been incorporated into the Jülich–Bonn model to examine the case for the existence of a narrow N resonance between 1.66 and 1.70 GeV. The addition of these data to the world database results in marked changes in the predictions for the E observable from that model. Further comparison with several theoretical approaches indicates these data will significantly enhance our understanding of nucleon resonances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)64-69
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume755
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 10 2016

Keywords

  • Eta photoproduction
  • Helicity asymmetry
  • Polarization observable

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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