7 research outputs found
Eta and eta-prime meson production in the reaction pn -> dM near threshold
The two-step model with pi-, rho- and omega- exchanges taken into account is
applied to investigate the reactions pn -> d eta and pn -> d eta-prime. The
existing experimental data on the reaction pn -> d eta are analysed and
predictions for the cross section of the reaction pn -> d eta-prime are
presented. It is found that pi- as well as rho exchange yield significant
contributions in both reactions. The effect of the final state interaction is
also studied.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
Photoproduction of mesons from nuclei - In-medium properties of hadrons
Recent experimental results for the in-medium properties of hadrons obtained
with photoproduction of mesons from nuclei are discussed. The experiments were
done with the TAPS detector at the tagged photon beam of the MAMI accelerator
in Mainz. Measured were the final states , , , and
for C, Ca, Nb, and Pb up to the
second resonance region. The results were used for an investigation of the
in-medium properties of the P(1232), the P(1440), the
D(1520), and the S(1535) resonances. It was found that the cross
sections can be spilt into a component which originates from the low density
surface region of the nuclei and a component which scales like the nuclear
volume. The energy dependence of the surface component is strikingly similar to
the deuteron, it shows a clear signal for the second resonance peak. The volume
component is lacking this peak and shows an enhancement at intermediate
energies. Furthermore the measurement of coherent -photoproduction and
the final state from He is discussed in the context of the search
for -mesic nuclei.Comment: Proceedings of International School of Nuclear Physics, 26th Course,
Lepton Scattering and the Structure of Hadrons and Nuclei, Erice-Sicily,
Italy 16. - 24. September 2004, to be published in Prog. Part. Nucl. Phy
Measurement of p + d -> 3He + eta in S(11) Resonance
We have measured the reaction p + d -> 3He + eta at a proton beam energy of
980 MeV, which is 88.5 MeV above threshold using the new ``germanium wall''
detector system. A missing--mass resolution of the detector system of 2.6% was
achieved. The angular distribution of the meson is forward peaked. We found a
total cross section of (573 +- 83(stat.) +- 69(syst.))nb. The excitation
function for the present reaction is described by a Breit Wigner form with
parameters from photoproduction.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, corrected typos in heade
Photoproduction of mesons off nuclei
Recent results for the photoproduction of mesons off nuclei are reviewed.
These experiments have been performed for two major lines of research related
to the properties of the strong interaction. The investigation of nucleon
resonances requires light nuclei as targets for the extraction of the isospin
composition of the electromagnetic excitations. This is done with quasi-free
meson photoproduction off the bound neutron and supplemented with the
measurement of coherent photoproduction reactions, serving as spin and/or
isospin filters. Furthermore, photoproduction from light and heavy nuclei is a
very efficient tool for the study of the interactions of mesons with nuclear
matter and the in-medium properties of hadrons. Experiments are currently
rapidly developing due to the combination of high quality tagged (and
polarized) photon beams with state-of-the-art 4pi detectors and polarized
targets
Dependence of calculated binding energies and widths of -mesic nuclei on treatment of subthreshold -nucleon interaction
We demonstrate that the binding energies and widths of eta-mesic nuclei
depend strongly on subthreshold eta-N interaction. This strong dependence is
made evident from comparing three different eta-nucleus optical potentials: (1)
a microscopic optical potential taking into account the full effects of
off-shell eta-nucleon interactions; (2) a factorization approximation to the
microscopic optical potential where a downward energy shift parameter is
introduced to approximate the subthreshold eta-nucleon interaction; and (3) an
optical potential using on-shell eta-nucleon scattering length as the
interaction input. Our analysis indicates that the in-medium N
interaction for bound-state formation is about 30 MeV below the free-space
N threshold, which causes a substantial reduction of the attractive force
between the and nucleon with respect to that implied by the scattering
length. Consequently, the scattering-length approach overpredicts the binding
energies and caution must be exercised when these latter predictions are used
as guide in searching for -nucleus bound states. We also show that
final-state-interaction analysis cannot provide an unequivocal determination of
the existence of -nucleus bound state. More direct measurements are,
therefore, necessary.Comment: 28 pages, 1 figur