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Forward coherent ϕ-meson photoproduction from deuterons near threshold

  • W. C. Chang
  • , K. Horie
  • , S. Shimizu
  • , M. Miyabe
  • , D. S. Ahn
  • , J. K. Ahn
  • , H. Akimune
  • , Y. Asano
  • , S. Daté
  • , H. Ejiri
  • , S. Fukui
  • , H. Fujimura
  • , M. Fujiwara
  • , S. Hasegawa
  • , K. Hicks
  • , T. Hotta
  • , K. Imai
  • , T. Ishikawa
  • , T. Iwata
  • , Y. Kato
  • H. Kawai, Z. Y. Kim, K. Kino, H. Kohri, N. Kumagai, P. J. Lin, S. Makino, T. Matsuda, T. Matsumura, N. Matsuoka, T. Mibe, Y. Miyachi, M. Morita, N. Muramatsu, T. Nakano, M. Niiyama, M. Nomachi, Y. Ohashi, H. Ohkuma, T. Ooba, D. S. Oshuev, C. Rangacharyulu, A. Sakaguchi, T. Sasaki, P. M. Shagin, Y. Shiino, A. Shimizu, H. Shimizu, Y. Sugaya, M. Sumihama, Y. Toi, H. Toyokawa, A. Wakai, C. W. Wang, S. C. Wang, K. Yonehara, T. Yorita, M. Yoshimura, M. Yosoi, R. G.T. Zegers

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Abstract

Differential cross sections and decay asymmetries for coherent φ{symbol}-meson photoproduction from deuterons were measured for the first time at forward angles using linearly polarized photons at Eγ = 1.5 - 2.4   GeV. This reaction offers a unique way to directly access natural-parity pomeron dynamics and gluon exchange at low energies. The cross sections at zero degrees increase with increasing photon energy. The decay asymmetries demonstrate a complete dominance of natural-parity exchange processes, showing that isovector unnatural-parity π-meson exchange is small. Nevertheless the deduced cross sections of φ{symbol}-mesons from nucleons contributed by isoscalar t-channel exchange processes are not well described by the conventional pomeron model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-215
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume658
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jan 2008

Keywords

  • Coherent interaction
  • Deuterons
  • Photoproduction
  • φ{symbol}-mesons

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