The extraction of ϕ–N total cross section from d (γ, pK+ K−) n

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Abstract

<p> We report on the first measurement of the differential cross section of &varphi;-meson photoproduction for the d(&gamma;,pK+K&minus;)n exclusive reaction channel. The experiment was performed using a tagged-photon beam and the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. A combined analysis using data from the d(&gamma;,pK+K&minus;)n channel and those from a previous publication on coherent &varphi; production on the deuteron has been carried out to extract the &varphi;&minus;N total cross section, &sigma;&varphi;N. The extracted &varphi;&minus;N total cross section favors a value above 20 mb. This value is larger than the value extracted using vector-meson dominance models for &varphi; photoproduction on the proton.</p>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume680
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2009

Disciplines

  • Physical Sciences and Mathematics
  • Physics

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