Analysis of the γnK+Σ\gamma n \rightarrow K^+ \Sigma^- (1385) photoproduction

Jan 26, 2022
7 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 3, 034017
  • Published: Feb 1, 2022
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Abstract: (APS)
In our previous work [Phys. Rev. D 101, 074025 (2020)], the photoproduction γpK+Σ0(1385) has been investigated within an effective Lagrangian approach. There, the reaction amplitudes were constructed by considering the t-channel K and K*(892) exchanges, s-channel N contribution, u-channel Λ exchange, generalized contact term, and a minimum number of s-channel N and Δ resonance diagrams. It was found that the inclusion of one of the N(1895)1/2-, Δ(1900)1/2-, and Δ(1930)5/2- resonances is essential to reproduce the available differential and total cross-section data for γpK+Σ0(1385). In the present work, we employ the same model to study the photoproduction γnK+Σ-(1385), with the purpose being to understand the reaction mechanism and, in particular, to figure out which one of the N(1895)1/2-, Δ(1900)1/2-, and Δ(1930)5/2- resonances is really capable for a simultaneous description of the data for both K+Σ0(1385) and K+Σ-(1385) photoproduction reactions. The results show that the available data on differential and total cross sections and photobeam asymmetries for γnK+Σ-(1385) can be reproduced only with the inclusion of the Δ(1930)5/2- resonance rather than the other two. The generalized contact term and the t-channel K exchange are found to dominate the background contributions. The resonance Δ(1930)5/2- provides the most important contributions in the whole energy region considered, and it is responsible for the bump structure exhibited in the total cross sections.
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  • 7 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in PRD
  • Delta(1930)
  • photoproduction
  • total cross section
  • Delta(1900)
  • asymmetry
  • background
  • effective Lagrangian
  • structure