Photoproduction of eta-mesons off nuclei for Eg < 2.2 GeV

The CBELSA & TAPS collaborations Mertens, T. ; Jaegle, I. ; Muhlich, P. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.A 38 (2008) 195-207, 2008.
Inspire Record 799499 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50323

Photoproduction of $\eta$ mesons off $^{12}$C, $^{40}$Ca, $^{93}$Nb, and $^{nat}$Pb nuclei has been measured with a tagged photon beam with energies between 0.6 and 2.2 GeV. The experiment was performed at the Bonn ELSA accelerator with the combined setup of the Crystal Barrel and TAPS calorimeters. It aimed at the in-medium properties of the S$_{11}$(1535) nucleon resonance and the study of the absorption properties of nuclear matter for $\eta$ mesons. Careful consideration was given to contributions from $\eta\pi$ final states and secondary production mechanisms of $\eta$-mesons e.g. from inelastic $\pi N$ reactions of intermediate pions. The analysis of the mass number scaling shows that the nuclear absorption cross section $\sigma_{N\eta}$ for $\eta$ mesons is constant over a wide range of the $\eta$ momentum. The comparison of the excitation functions to data off the deuteron and to calculations in the framework of a BUU-model show no unexplained in-medium modifications of the S$_{11}$(1535).

10 data tables

Inclusive energy distribution for incident photon energy 0.650 to 0.835 GeV.

Inclusive energy distribution for incident photon energy 0.835 to 1.050 GeV.

Inclusive energy distribution for incident photon energy 1.050 to 1.550 GeV.

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Quasi-free photoproduction of eta-mesons of the neutron

The CBELSA & TAPS collaborations Jaegle, I. ; Mertens, T. ; Anisovich, A.V. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 100 (2008) 252002, 2008.
Inspire Record 784698 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50884

Quasi-free photoproduction of eta-mesons off nucleons bound in the deuteron has been measured with the CBELSA/TAPS detector for incident photon energies up to 2.5 GeV at the Bonn ELSA accelerator. The eta-mesons have been detected in coincidence with recoil protons and recoil neutrons, which allows a detailed comparison of the quasi-free n(gamma,eta)n and p(gamma,eta)p reactions. The excitation function for eta-production off the neutron shows a pronounced bump-like structure at W=1.68 GeV (E_g ~ 1 GeV), which is absent for the proton.

22 data tables

Measured value of the quasi-free eta cross section off protons and neutrons as a function of incident photon energy.

Ratio of the measured quasi-free neutron to proton cross sections as a function of incident photon energy.

Measured angular distribution for an incident photon energy of 0.700 GeV.

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