Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2008-09-22
Phys.Rev.C80:065205,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
28 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.80.065205
The reaction $\gamma p\to K^+\Lambda$ has been investigated over the center-of-momentum energy, $W$, range from threshold up to 2.2 GeV in a tree-level effective Lagrangian model that incorporates most of the well-established baryon resonances with spins equal to or below 5/2. Four less well-established nucleon resonances of higher mass are also included. The fitted parameters consist, for each resonance included, of the products of the coupling strengths at the electromagnetic and strong interaction vertices and, for the less-established nucleon resonances, the total decay width. For the well-established nucleon resonances, the energy and momentum dependence of the widths is treated within a dynamical model that is normalized to give the empirical decay branching ratios on the resonance mass shells. For the less-established resonances, the total decay width is treated as a single parameter independent of the reaction kinematics. The model is used to fit recent data for the unpolarized differential cross section (CLAS), the induced hyperon polarization asymmetry, $P$ (CLAS, GRAAL, and SAPHIR), the beam spin asymmetry, $\Sigma$ (LEPS), and the double polarization observables $C_x$ and $C_z$ (CLAS). Two different fits were obtained: one that incorporates SU(3) symmetry constraints on the Born contributions to the reaction amplitude and one in which these constraints are relaxed. Explicit numerical results are given only for the first fit since the two fits gave nearly identical results for the observables and the $\chi^2$ per degree of freedom obtained with the second fit was only marginally better than that of the first fit ($<1%$ better). Results are presented for the fitted observables at several different energies and center-of-momentum (c.m.) frame kaon angles.
la Puente Alejandro de
Maxwell Oren V.
Raue Brian A.
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