A Unitary isobar model for pion photoproduction and electroproduction on the proton up to 1-GeV

Jul, 1998
32 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 645 (1999) 145-174
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Report number:
  • MKPH-T-98-10

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Abstract:
A new operator for pion photo- and electroproduction has been developed for nuclear applications at photon equivalent energies up to 1 GeV. The model contains Born terms, vector mesons and nucleon resonances (P33(1232)P_{33}(1232), P11(1440)P_{11}(1440), D13(1520)D_{13}(1520), S11(1535)S_{11}(1535), F15(1680)F_{15}(1680), and D33(1700)D_{33}(1700)). The resonance contributions are included taking into account unitarity to provide the correct phases of the pion photoproduction multipoles. The Q2Q^2 dependence of electromagnetic resonance vertices is described with appropriate form factors in the electromagnetic helicity amplitudes. Within this model we have obtained good agreement with the experimental data for pion photo- and electroproduction on the nucleon for both differential cross sections and polarization observables. The model can be used as a starting point to predict and analyze forthcoming data.
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  • 32 pages LaTeX including 23 postscript figures (a few misprints have been corrected) Report-no: MKPH-T-98-10
  • 13.60.Le
  • 14.20.Gk
  • Pion
  • Photoproduction
  • Electroproduction
  • Multipoles
  • Baryon resonances
  • photon p: exclusive reaction
  • electron p: exclusive reaction
  • photon: polarized beam