Published January 10, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Forward coherent φ-meson photoproduction from deuterons near threshold

  • 1. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe, Hyogo 658-8501 (Japan)
  • 6. Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizu, Kyoto 619-0215 (Japan)
  • 7. Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Mikazuki, Hyogo 679-5198 (Japan)
  • 8. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602 (Japan)
  • 9. School of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 10. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 (United States)
  • 11. Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 982-0826 (Japan)

Description

Differential cross sections and decay asymmetries for coherent φ-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-mesons from nucleons contributed by isoscalar t-channel exchange processes are not well described by the conventional pomeron model

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.009

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.009;
arXiv
arXiv:nucl-ex/0703034v2;
PII
S0370-2693(07)01386-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
658
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 209-215
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.