The η\eta^{\prime} -carbon potential at low meson momenta

Oct 1, 2018
9 pages
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  • Eur.Phys.J.A 54 (2018) 10, 182
  • Published: Oct 26, 2018
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Abstract: (Springer)
The production of η\eta^{\prime} mesons in coincidence with forward-going protons has been studied in photon-induced reactions on12^{12}C and on a liquid hydrogen (LH2_{2}) target for incoming photon energies of 1.3-2.6 GeV at the electron accelerator ELSA. The η\eta^{\prime} mesons have been identified via the ηπ0π0η6γ\eta^{\prime} \rightarrow \pi^{0} \pi^{0}\eta \rightarrow 6 \gamma decay registered with the CBELSA/TAPS detector system. Coincident protons have been identified in the MiniTAPS BaF2_{2} array at polar angles of 2θp112^{\circ} \le \theta_{p} \le 11^{\circ} . Under these kinematic constraints the η\eta^{\prime} mesons are produced with relatively low kinetic energy ( 150\approx 150 MeV) since the coincident protons take over most of the momentum of the incident-photon beam. For the C-target this allows the determination of the real part of the η\eta^{\prime} -carbon potential at low meson momenta by comparing with collision model calculations of the η\eta^{\prime} kinetic energy distribution and excitation function. Fitting the latter data for η\eta^{\prime} mesons going backwards in the center-of-mass system yields a potential depth of V=(44±16(stat)±15(syst))V = -(44 \pm 16(stat) \pm 15(syst)) MeV, consistent with earlier determinations of the potential depth in inclusive measurements for average η\eta^{\prime} momenta of 1.1\approx 1.1 GeV/c. Within the experimental uncertainties, there is no indication of a momentum dependence of the η\eta^{\prime} -carbon potential. The LH2_{2} data, taken as a reference to check the data analysis and the model calculations, provide differential and integral cross sections in good agreement with previous results for η\eta^{\prime} photoproduction off the free proton.
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  • 9 pages, 13 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1608.06074
  • 14.40.Be
  • 21.65.Jk
  • 25.20.Lj
  • eta(958): production
  • energy: kinetic
  • photon: energy
  • kinematics: constraint
  • hydrogen: liquid
  • momentum dependence
  • photoproduction