9 research outputs found
Bayesian model selection for electromagnetic kaon production on the nucleon
We present the results of a Bayesian analysis of a Regge model to describe
the background contribution for K+ Lambda and K+ Sigma0 photoproduction. The
model is based on the exchange of K+(494) and K*+(892) trajectories in the
t-channel. We utilise the Bayesian evidence Z to determine the best model
variant for each channel. The Bayesian evidence integrals were calculated using
the Nested Sampling algorithm. For different prior widths, we find decisive
Bayesian evidence (\Delta ln Z ~ 24) for a K+ Lambda photoproduction Regge
model with a positive vector coupling and a negative tensor coupling constant
for the K*+(892) trajectory, and a rotating phase factor for both trajectories.
Using the chi^2 minimisation method, one could not draw this conclusion from
the same dataset. For the K+ Sigma0 photoproduction Regge model, on the other
hand, the difference between the evidence integrals is insufficient to pinpoint
one model variant.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Strangeness content of the nucleon in quasielastic neutrino-nucleus reactions
We present a systematic study of the sensitivity of quasielastic
neutrino-nucleus cross sections at intermediate energies to the strange quark
sea of the nucleon. To this end, we investigate the impact of the weak
strangeness form factors on the ratio of proton-to-neutron knockout, the ratio
of neutral-to-charged current cross sections, on the Paschos-Wolfenstein
relation, and on the longitudinal helicity asymmetry. The influence of axial as
well as vector strangeness effects is discussed. For the latter, we introduce
strangeness parameters from various hadron models and from a recent fit to data
from parity violating electron scattering.
In our model, the nuclear target is described in terms of a relativistic
mean-field approach. The effects of final-state interactions on the outgoing
nucleon are quantified within a relativistic multiple-scattering Glauber
approach. Our results are illustrated with cross sections for the scattering of
1 GeV neutrinos and antineutrinos off a C target.
Folding with a proposed FINeSSE (anti)neutrino energy-distribution has no
qualitative influence on the overall sensitivity of the cross-section ratios to
strangeness mechanisms. We show that vector strangeness effects are large and
strongly dependent.Comment: 25 pages, 12 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Regge-model predictions for K+Sigma photoproduction from the nucleon
We present Regge-model predictions for the p(gamma,K+)Sigma0 and
n(gamma,K+)Sigma- differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries in
the resonance region. The reaction amplitude encompasses the exchange of
K+(494) and K*+(892) Regge-trajectories, introducing a mere three free
parameters. These are fitted to the available p(gamma,K+)Sigma0 data beyond the
resonance region. The n(gamma,K+)Sigma- amplitude is obtained from the
p(gamma,K+)Sigma0 one through SU(2) isospin symmetry considerations.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; Proceedings Tenth Conference on the Intersections
of Particle and Nuclear Physics, San Diego, 200
Bayesian inference of the resonance content of p(gamma,K^+)Lambda
A Bayesian analysis of the world's p(gamma,K^+)Lambda data is presented. From
the proposed selection of 11 resonances, we find that the following nucleon
resonances have the highest probability of contributing to the reaction:
S11(1535), S11(1650), F15(1680), P13(1720), D13(1900), P13(1900), P11(1900),
and F15(2000). We adopt a Regge-plus-resonance framework featuring consistent
couplings for nucleon resonances up to spin J=5/2. We evaluate all possible
combinations of 11 candidate resonances. The best model is selected from the
2048 model variants by calculating the Bayesian evidence values against the
world's p(gamma,K^+)Lambda data.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Electroproduction of kaons from the proton in a Regge-plus-resonance approach
We present a Regge-plus-resonance (RPR) description of the p(e,e'K^+)Y
processes (Y=\Lambda,\Sigma^0) in the resonance region. The background
contributions to the RPR amplitude are constrained by the high-energy p(\gamma,
K^+)Y data. As a result, the number of free model parameters in the resonance
region is considerably reduced compared to typical effective-Lagrangian
approaches. We compare a selection of RPR model variants, originally
constructed to describe photoproduction, with the world electroproduction
database. The electromagnetic form factors of the intermediate N^*s and
$\Delta^*s are computed in the Bonn constituent-quark model. With this input,
we find a reasonable description of the p(e,e'K^+)Y data without adding or
readjusting any parameters. It is demonstrated that the electroproduction
response functions are extremely useful for fine-tuning both the background and
resonant contributions to the reaction dynamics.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures; added discussion on double counting in the RPR
model; accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
Regge-plus-resonance predictions for charged-kaon photoproduction from the deuteron
We present a Regge-inspired effective-Lagrangian framework for charged-kaon photoproduction from the deuteron. Quasi-free kaon production is investigated using the Regge-plus-resonance elementary operator within the non-relativistic plane-wave impulse approximation. The Regge-plus-resonance model was developed to describe photoinduced and electroinduced kaon production off protons and can be extended to strangeness production off neutrons. The non-resonant contributions to the amplitude are modelled in terms of K+ (494) and K*+ (892) Regge-trajectory exchange in the t-channel. This amplitude is supplemented with a selection of s-channel resonance-exchange diagrams. We investigate several sources of theoretical uncertainties on the semi-inclusive charged-kaon production cross section. The experimental error bars on the photocoupling helicity amplitudes turn out to put severe limits on the predictive power when considering quasi-free kaon production on a bound neutron