30 research outputs found
Anaysis of high energy K+K- photoproduction on hydrogen
We have analyzed the K+K- photoproduction on hydrogen in the effective mass
region around the mass of the phi(1020) meson. The interference of the S-wave
contribution with the P-wave has been studied. Both scalar resonances f0(980)
and a0(980) have been taken into account. We have obtained a good description
of the available experimental data, in particular the mass distributions and
the moments of the kaon angular distribution. Our calculations give values of
the integrated S-wave total photoproduction cross section between 4 and 7 nb
for the K+K- effective mass range around the phi(1020) mass and at the
laboratory photon energy near 5 GeV. These numbers favor lower experimental
estimates obtained at DESY.Comment: 3 pages, 3 eps figures, needs ws-ijmpa.cls style, talk given by
Lukasz Bibrzycki at 8th International Workshop on Meson Production,
Properties and Interaction, MESON 2004, Krakow, Poland, 4-8 June 2004, to
appear in Int. Journal of Modern Physics
Exclusive tensor meson photoproduction
We study tensor meson photoproduction outside of the resonance region, at
beam energies of few GeVs. We build a model based on Regge theory that includes
the leading vector and axial exchanges. We consider two determinations of the
unknown helicity couplings, and fit to the recent a2 photoproduction data from
CLAS. Both choices give a similar description of the a2 cross section, but
result in different predictions for the parity asymmetries and the f2
photoproduction cross section. We conclude that new measurements of f2
photoproduction in the forward region are needed to pin down the correct
production mechanism. We also extend our predictions to the 8.5 GeV beam
energy, where current experiments are running.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables. Version accepted for publication on
Phys.Rev.
Deep learning exotic hadrons
We perform the first amplitude analysis of experimental data using deep neural networks to determine the nature of an exotic hadron. Specifically, we study the line shape of the Pc(4312) signal reported by the LHCb collaboration, and we find that its most likely interpretation is that of a virtual state. This method can be applied to other near-threshold resonance candidates
Dalitz-plot decomposition for three-body decays
We present a general formalism to write the decay amplitude for multibody reactions with explicit separation of the rotational degrees of freedom, which are well controlled by the spin of the decay particle, and dynamic functions on the subchannel invariant masses, which require modeling. Using the three-particle kinematics we demonstrate the proposed factorization, named the Dalitz-plot decomposition. The Wigner rotations, which are subtle factors needed by the isobar modeling in the helicity framework, are simplified with the proposed decomposition. Consequently, we are able to provide them in an explicit form suitable for the general case of arbitrary spins. The only unknown model-dependent factors are the isobar line shapes that describe the subchannel dynamics. The advantages of the new decomposition are shown through three examples relevant for the recent discovery of the exotic charmonium candidate Zc(4430), the pentaquarks Pc, and the intriguing Λc+→pK-π+ decay
K Kbar photoproduction and S-P wave interference
Results of a new analysis of the photoproduction at two photon
energies and with a particular emphasis on the
-wave production are presented. We show that the proper treatment of all the
helicity components of the - and -waves enables one to eliminate the
reported discrepancies in extraction of the -wave photoproduction cross
section from experimental data.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figures, new predictions at 8 GeV added in Fig.
Toward a Generative Modeling Analysis of CLAS Exclusive 2 Photoproduction
AI-supported algorithms, particularly generative models, have been successfully used in a variety of different contexts. This work employs a generative modeling approach to unfold detector effects specifically tailored for exclusive reactions that involve multiparticle final states. Our study demonstrates the preservation of correlations between kinematic variables in a multidimensional phase space. We perform a full closure test on two-pion photoproduction pseudodata generated with a realistic model in the kinematics of the Jefferson Lab CLAS g11 experiment. The overlap of different reaction mechanisms leading to the same final state associated with the CLAS detector’s nontrivial effects represents an ideal test case for AI-supported analysis. Uncertainty quantification performed via bootstrap provides an estimate of the systematic uncertainty associated with the procedure. The test demonstrates that GANs can reproduce highly correlated multidifferential cross sections even in the presence of detector-induced distortions in the training datasets, and provides a solid basis for applying the framework to real experimental data
Dynamics in near-threshold photoproduction
The study of photoproduction at low energies has consequences for
the understanding of multiple aspects of nonperturbative QCD, ranging from
mechanical properties of the proton, to the binding inside nuclei, and the
existence of hidden-charm pentaquarks. Factorization of the photon-
and nucleon dynamics or Vector Meson Dominance are often invoked to justify
these studies. Alternatively, open charm intermediate states have been proposed
as the dominant mechanism underlying photoproduction. As the latter
violates this factorization, it is important to estimate the relevance of such
contributions. We analyse the latest differential and integrated
photoproduction cross sections from the GlueX and -007 experiments. We
show that the data can be adequately described by a small number of partial
waves, which we parameterize with generic models enforcing low-energy
unitarity. The results suggest a nonnegligible contribution from open charm
intermediate states. Furthermore, most of the models present an elastic
scattering length incompatible with previous extractions based on Vector Meson
Dominance, and thus call into question its applicability to heavy mesons. Our
results indicate a wide array of physics possibilities that are compatible with
present data and need to be disentangled.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, 2 table
Deep learning exotic hadrons
We perform the first amplitude analysis of experimental data using deep neural networks to determine the nature of an exotic hadron. Specifically, we study the line shape of the P c ( 4312 ) signal reported by the LHCb collaboration, and we find that its most likely interpretation is that of a virtual state. This method can be applied to other near-threshold resonance candidates