Published February 21, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Crossing symmetry and phenomenological widths in effective Lagrangian models of the pion photoproduction process

  • 1. Grupo de Fisica Nuclear, Departamento de Fisica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n, E-28040 Madrid (Spain)
  • 2. Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid (Spain)

Description

We investigate the importance of crossing symmetry in effective field models and the effects of phenomenological nucleon resonance widths on the paradigmatic case of pion photoproduction. We use reaction models containing four star resonances up to 1.8 GeV (Δ(1232), N(1440), N(1520), N(1535), Δ(1620), N(1650), Δ(1700), and N(1720)) with different prescriptions for crossed terms and widths, to fit the latest world database on pion photoproduction. We compare χ2 results from selected multipoles and fits. The χ2 is highly dependent on the fulfillment of crossing symmetry and the inclusion of u channels

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.099

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.099;
arXiv
arXiv:0801.2983v1;
PII
S0370-2693(07)01468-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
660
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 188-192
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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