Abstract
Photoproduction of a I meson on protons was studied by means of linearly polarized photons at forward angles in the low-energy region from threshold to Eγ=2.37GeV. The differential cross sections at t=-|t|min do not increase smoothly as Eγ increases but show a local maximum at around 2.0 GeV. The angular distributions demonstrate that I mesons are photoproduced predominantly by helicity-conserving processes, and the local maximum is not likely due to unnatural-parity processes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 182001 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 18 |
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Publication status | Published - 2005 Oct 28 |