Published September 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Photoproduction of η and η' mesons off nucleons close to threshold

Creators

  • 1. Technische Univ. Muenchen, Garching (Germany). Physik-Department

Description

The importance of Born terms and resonance exchange for η and η' photoproduction off both the proton and neutron within U(3) baryon chiral perturbation theory is investigated. Low-lying resonances such as the vector mesons and JP=1/2+,1/2- baryon resonances are included explicitly and their contributions together with the Born terms are calculated. The coupling constants of the resonances are determined from strong and radiative decays. We obtain reasonable agreement with experimental data near threshold. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 95-107
ISSN
1434-6001

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