High-quality cross sections for the reaction gamma d -> pi(0)d have been measured using the CLAS at Jefferson Lab over a wide energy range near and above the eta-meson photoproduction threshold. At backward c.m. angles for the outgoing pions, we observe a resonance-like structure near E(gamma) = 700 MeV. Our model analysis shows that it can be explained by eta excitation in the intermediate state. The effect is the result of the contribution of the N(1535) S(11)-resonance to the amplitudes of the subprocesses occurring between the two nucleons and of a two-step process in which the excitation of an intermediate eta-meson dominates.
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Titolo: | Evidence for a backward peak in the gamma d -> pi(0)d cross section near the eta threshold |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
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Abstract: | High-quality cross sections for the reaction gamma d -> pi(0)d have been measured using the CLAS at Jefferson Lab over a wide energy range near and above the eta-meson photoproduction threshold. At backward c.m. angles for the outgoing pions, we observe a resonance-like structure near E(gamma) = 700 MeV. Our model analysis shows that it can be explained by eta excitation in the intermediate state. The effect is the result of the contribution of the N(1535) S(11)-resonance to the amplitudes of the subprocesses occurring between the two nucleons and of a two-step process in which the excitation of an intermediate eta-meson dominates. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/302057 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo su rivista |