Transverse polarization of Σ+(1189) in photoproduction on a hydrogen target in CLAS

C. S. Nepali, M. Amaryan, K. P. Adhikari, M. Aghasyan, S. Anefalos Pereira, H. Baghdasaryan, J. Ball, M. Battaglieri, V. Batourine, I. Bedlinskiy, A. S. Biselli, J. Bono, S. Boiarinov, W. J. Briscoe, S. Bültmann, V. D. Burkert, D. S. Carman, A. Celentano, S. Chandavar, G. CharlesP. L. Cole, P. Collins, M. Contalbrigo, V. Crede, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, C. Djalali, D. Doughty, R. Dupre, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, G. Fedotov, S. Fegan, R. Fersch, J. A. Fleming, M. Y. Gabrielyan, N. Gevorgyan, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, D. I. Glazier, J. T. Goetz, W. Gohn, E. Golovatch, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, N. Guler, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, N. Harrison, D. Heddle, K. Hicks, D. Ho, M. Holtrop, C. E. Hyde, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, H. S. Jo, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, P. Khetarpal, A. Kim, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, S. Koirala, V. Kubarovsky, S. E. Kuhn, S. V. Kuleshov, N. D. Kvaltine, H. Y. Lu, I. J D Macgregor, N. Markov, M. Mayer, B. McKinnon, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, R. A. Montgomery, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park, S. Park, E. Pasyuk, E. Phelps, J. J. Phillips, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, S. Pozdniakov, J. W. Price, S. Procureur, D. Protopopescu, A. J R Puckett, B. A. Raue, D. Rimal, M. Ripani, Barry Ritchie, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, M. S. Saini, C. Salgado, D. Schott, R. A. Schumacher, E. Seder, H. Seraydaryan, Y. G. Sharabian, G. D. Smith, D. I. Sober, D. Sokhan, S. S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, W. Tang, C. E. Taylor, Ye Tian, S. Tkachenko, B. Torayev, B. Vernarsky, A. V. Vlassov, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Watts, L. B. Weinstein, D. P. Weygand, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao, I. Zonta

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Abstract

Experimental results on the Σ+(1189) hyperon transverse polarization in photoproduction on a hydrogen target using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory are presented. The Σ+(1189) was reconstructed in the exclusive reaction γ+p→KS0+Σ +(1189) via the Σ+→pπ0 decay mode. The KS0 was reconstructed in the invariant mass of two oppositely charged pions with the π0 identified in the missing mass of the detected pπ+π - final state. Experimental data were collected in the photon energy range Eγ=1.0-3.5 GeV (√s range 1.66-2.73 GeV). We observe a large negative polarization of up to 95%. As the mechanism of transverse polarization of hyperons produced in unpolarized photoproduction experiments is still not well understood, these results will help to distinguish between different theoretical models on hyperon production and provide valuable information for the searches of missing baryon resonances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number045206
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume87
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 19 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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