Photoproduction of η\eta and η\eta' Mesons on Proton

Collaboration
Feb 20, 2017

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20172018201971
Abstract: (Physical Society of Japan)
New high-precision total and differential cross sections for η and η′ photoproduction on the proton obtained by the A2 Collaboration at the Mainz Microtron are presented. The data for η photoproduction demonstrate a cusp at the energy W ∼ 1.9 GeV. Furthermore, we present a new version of the ηMAID model for η and η′ photoproduction. The model includes 23 nucleon resonances parametrized with Breit–Wigner shapes. The background is described by vector and axial-vector meson exchanges in the t channel using the Regge phenomenology. Parameters of the resonances were obtained from a fit to preliminary data of the A2 Collaboration at MAMI and available data from other collaborations. The cusp is explained as a threshold effect due to the opening η′p decay channel of the N(1895)1/2^− resonance.
Note:
  • 5 pages, 5 figures, 14th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon (MENU2016), Kyoto, Japan
  • axial-vector meson: exchange
  • threshold: effect
  • W: energy
  • photoproduction
  • eta(958)
  • differential cross section
  • nucleon resonance
  • Breit-Wigner
  • Mainz Linac
  • background