In-medium $ω$ mass from the $γ+ Nb \to π^{0}γ+ X$ reaction

Details In-medium $ω$ mass from the $γ+ Nb \to π^{0}γ+ X$ reaction In-medium $ω$ mass from the $γ+ Nb \to π^{0}γ+ X$ reaction

2010-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/1005.5694v2

Phys.Rev.C82:035209,2010

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

13 pages and 11 figures, submitted for publication

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.82.035209

Data on the photoproduction of $\omega$ 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 $\omega$ mass in the nuclear medium by 14$%$ at normal nuclear matter density. The extracted $\omega$ 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 $\omega$ signal on the $Nb$ target, extracted in the re-analysis, does not show a deviation from the corresponding line shape on a $LH_2$ target, measured as reference. The earlier claim of an in-medium mass shift is thus not confirmed. The sensitivity of the $\omega$ line shape to different in-medium modification scenarios is discussed.

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