Photoproduction of the omega meson on the proton at large momentum transfer

Collaboration
Oct, 2002
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 90 (2003) 022002
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Report number:
  • JLAB-PHY-03-04
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Abstract:
The differential cross section, dσ/dtd\sigma/dt for ω\omega meson exclusive photoproduction on the proton above the resonance region (2.6<W<2.92.6<W<2.9 GeV) was measured up to a momentum transfer t=5-t = 5 GeV2^2 using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. The ω\omega channel was identified by detecting a proton and π+\pi^+ in the final state and using the missing mass technique. While the low momentum transfer region shows the typical diffractive pattern expected from Pomeron and Reggeon exchange, at large t-t the differential cross section has a flat behavior. This feature can be explained by introducing quark interchange processes in addition to the QCD-inspired two-gluon exchange.
  • photon p: inelastic scattering
  • photon p: tagged beam
  • omega(783): photoproduction
  • omega(783): hadronic decay
  • mass spectrum: missing-mass
  • differential cross section: momentum transfer
  • Regge poles
  • pomeron: exchange
  • quark: exchange
  • exchange: two-gluon