Quasifree η photoproduction from nuclei and medium modifications of resonances

B. I. S. van der Ventel, L. J. Abu-Raddad, and G. C. Hillhouse
Phys. Rev. C 68, 024601 – Published 14 August 2003
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Abstract

This paper establishes the case that the process of quasifree η photoproduction from nuclei is an important tool to study medium modifications and changes to the elementary process γNηN in the nuclear medium. We investigate the sensitivity of the differential cross section, recoil nucleon polarization, and the photon asymmetry to changes in the elementary amplitude, medium modifications of the resonance (S11,D13) masses, as well as nuclear target effects. All calculations are performed within a relativistic plane-wave impulse approximation formalism resulting in analytical expressions for all observables. Our results indicate that polarization observables are largely insensitive to nuclear target effects. Depending on the type of coupling, the spin observables do display a sensitivity to the magnitude of the ηNN coupling constant. The polarization observables are identified to be the prime candidates to investigate the background processes and their medium modifications in the elementary process such as the D13 resonance. Moreover, as a consequence of the large dominance in the differential cross section of the S11 resonance, the quasifree differential cross section provides an exceptional instrument to study medium modifications to the S11 resonance in such a manner that helps to distinguish between various models that attempt to understand the S11 resonance and its distinctive position as the lowest lying negative parity state in the baryon spectrum.

  • Received 14 April 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.68.024601

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

B. I. S. van der Ventel1,*, L. J. Abu-Raddad2,3, and G. C. Hillhouse1,2

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
  • 2Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
  • 3Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St Mary’s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom

  • *Electronic address: bventel@sun.ac.za

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Vol. 68, Iss. 2 — August 2003

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