Published January 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Double-polarization observable G in neutral-pion photoproduction off the proton

  • 1. Universitaet Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Bonn (Germany)
  • 2. Universitaet Bonn, Physikalisches Institut, Bonn (Germany)
  • 3. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Institut fuer Experimentalphysik I, Bochum (Germany)
  • 5. Universitaet Giessen, II. Physikalisches Institut, Giessen (Germany)
  • 6. Universitaet Bonn, Helmholtz-Institut fuer Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn (Germany)
  • 7. Florida State University, Department of Physics, Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  • 8. Universitaet Basel, Institut fuer Physik, Basel (Switzerland)

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This paper reports on a measurement of the double-polarization observable G in π0 photoproduction off the proton using the CBELSA/TAPS experiment at the ELSA accelerator in Bonn. The observable G is determined from reactions of linearly polarized photons with longitudinally polarized protons. The polarized photons are produced by bremsstrahlung off a diamond radiator of well-defined orientation. A frozen spin butanol target provides the polarized protons. The data cover the photon energy range from 617 to 1325 MeV and a wide angular range. The experimental results for G are compared to predictions by the Bonn-Gatchina (BnGa), Juelich-Bonn (JueBo), MAID and SAID partial wave analyses. Implications of the new data for the pion photoproduction multipoles are discussed. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12194-8

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-12
ISSN
1434-6001

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