Measurement of the beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ photoproduction on the proton at $E_\gamma = 9$ GeV

The GlueX collaboration Al Ghoul, H. ; Anassontzis, E.G. ; Austregesilo, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 95 (2017) 042201, 2017.
Inspire Record 1511149 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.76745

We report measurements of the photon beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for the reactions $\vec{\gamma}p\to p\pi^0$ and $\vec{\gamma}p\to p\eta $ from the GlueX experiment using a 9 GeV linearly-polarized, tagged photon beam incident on a liquid hydrogen target in Jefferson Lab's Hall D. The asymmetries, measured as a function of the proton momentum transfer, possess greater precision than previous $\pi^0$ measurements and are the first $\eta$ measurements in this energy regime. The results are compared with theoretical predictions based on $t$-channel, quasi-particle exchange and constrain the axial-vector component of the neutral meson production mechanism in these models.

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Measurement of the beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for $\pi^0$ photoproduction on the proton at $E_\gamma = 9$ GeV. The uncorrelated systematic errors (syst) are given in the table below along with a correlated normalization uncertainty (norm) of 3.6% due to the beam polarization.

Measurement of the beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for $\eta$ photoproduction on the proton at $E_\gamma = 9$ GeV. The uncorrelated systematic errors (syst) are given in the table below along with a correlated normalization uncertainty (norm) of 3.6% due to the beam polarization.


The Photoproduction of Neutral Pions from Protons Between 0.7-GeV and 1.7-GeV

Barton, J.S. ; Booth, P.S.L. ; Carroll, L.J. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 84 (1975) 449-466, 1975.
Inspire Record 90496 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32128

Measurements of differential cross sections for pi-zero photoproduction from protons have been made at angles between 60° and 140° c.m. in the photon energy range 0.7 GeV to 1.7 GeV. The data are compared with the rits provided by three recent partial-wave analyses of pion photoproduction and some significant discrepancies observed.

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pi0 photoproduction on the proton for photon energies from 0.675-GeV to 2.875-GeV.

Dugger, M. ; Ritchie, Barry G. ; Ball, J.P. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 76 (2007) 025211, 2007.
Inspire Record 749989 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.51855

Differential cross sections for the reaction $\gamma p \to p \pi^0$ have been measured with the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) and a tagged photon beam with energies from 0.675 to 2.875 GeV. The results reported here possess greater accuracy in the absolute normalization than previous measurements. They disagree with recent CB-ELSA measurements for the process at forward scattering angles. Agreement with the SAID and MAID fits is found below 1 GeV. The present set of cross sections has been incorporated into the SAID database, and exploratory fits have been extended to 3 GeV. Resonance couplings have been extracted and compared to previous determinations.

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Differential cross section for indicent photon energy 675 MeV.

Differential cross section for indicent photon energy 725 MeV.

Differential cross section for indicent photon energy 775 MeV.

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Neutral pion photoproduction off protons in the energy range 0.3-GeV < E(gamma) < 3-GeV.

The CB-ELSA collaboration Bartholomy, O. ; Crede, V. ; van Pee, H. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 012003, 2005.
Inspire Record 654179 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.41902

Single pi0 photoproduction has been studied with the CB-ELSA experiment at Bonn using tagged photon energies between 0.3 and 3.0 GeV. The experimental setup covers a very large solid angle of about 98% of 4 pi. Differential cross sections (d sigma)/(d Omega) have been measured. Complicated structures in the angular distributions indicate a variety of different resonances being produced in the s channel intermediate state gamma p --> N* (Delta*) --> p pi0. A combined analysis including the data presented in this letter along with other data sets reveals contributions from known resonances and evidence for a new resonance N(2070)D15.

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Total cross section for GAMMA P --> P PI0 obtained by integration of the angular distributions and extrapolation into the forward and backward regions using the PWA result.

Differential cross section as a function of c.m. angle for the photon energy range 300 to 425 GeV.

Differential cross section as a function of c.m. angle for the photon energy range 425 to 550 GeV.

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Pi+- and pi0 production by polarized photons in the resonance region

Alspector, J. ; Fox, D. ; Luckey, David ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 28 (1972) 1403-1406, 1972.
Inspire Record 75484 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21872

We have measured the cross sections at 90° c.m. for π± and π0 photoproduction with polarized photons. The photon energies ranged from 0.8 to 2.2 GeV. We compare the resonant "bumps" in the cross section with theoretical models. The measured asymmetry agrees with a quark-model calculation though the predicted cross sections are low.

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Single photoproduction of neutral pi mesons on deuterium in the forward direction at 4 gev

Braunschweig, W. ; Dinter, H. ; Erlewein, W. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 51 (1973) 157-166, 1973.
Inspire Record 84302 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32703

The ratio R = (d σ /d t )( γ d → ( π 0 n)p)/(d σ /d t )( γ d → ( π 0 p)n), was measured at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg at a mean photon energy of 4.0 GeV in the four-momentum transfer range between t = − 0.2 (GeV/ c ) 2 and t = − 1.2 (GeV/ c ) 2 in steps of approximately 0.08 (GeV/ c ) 2 . The ratio R is less than 1 up to t = − 0.9 (GeV/ c ) 2 and shows a broad minimum around t = − 0.6 (GeV/ c ) 2 . Corrections for nuclear effects in the deuterium were not applied but are shown to be small.

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Photoproduction of $\pi^0$ in the Backward Direction

Buschhorn, G. ; Heide, P. ; Kotz, U. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 20 (1968) 230-232, 1968.
Inspire Record 54459 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21735

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