In-medium omega mass from the gamma+Nb --> pi0 gamma+X reaction
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Data on the photoproduction of mesons on nuclei have been re-analyzed in a search for in-medium modifications. The data were taken with the Crystal Barrel(CB)/TAPS detector system at the ELSA accelerator facility in Bonn. First results from the analysis of the data set were published by D. Trnka et al. in Phys. Rev. Lett 94 (2005) 192303 \cite{david}, claiming a lowering of the mass in the nuclear medium by 14 at normal nuclear matter density. The extracted line shape was found to be sensitive to the background subtraction. For this reason a re-analysis of the same data set has been initiated and a new method has been developed to reduce the background and to determine the shape and absolute magnitude of the background directly from the data. Details of the re-analysis and of the background determination are described. The signal on the target, extracted in the re-analysis, does not show a deviation from the corresponding line shape on a target, measured as reference. The earlier claim of an in-medium mass shift is thus not confirmed. The sensitivity of the line shape to different in-medium modification scenarios is discussed.Note:
- 13 pages and 11 figures, submitted for publication
- 21.65.-f
- 25.20.-x
- 14.40.Be
- nuclear matter: density
- pi0: photoproduction
- Crystal Barrel
- Bonn ELSA Stor
- photon nucleus: inclusive reaction
- carbon
- niobium
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