K0ΛK^0\Lambda Photoproduction with Nucleon Resonances

We investigate the reaction mechanism of $K^0 \Lambda$ photoproduction off the neutron target, i.e., $\gamma n \to K^0 \Lambda$, in the range of $W\approx 1.6-2.2$ GeV. We employ an effective Lagrangian method at the tree-level Born approximation combining with a Regge approach. As a background, the $K^*$-Reggeon trajectory is taken into account in the $t$ channel and $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ hyperons in the $u$-channel Feynman diagram. In addition, the role of various nucleon resonances listed in the Particle Data Group (PDG) is carefully scrutinized in the $s$ channel where the resonance parameters are extracted from the experimental data and constituent quark model. We present our numerical results of the total and differential cross sections and compare them with the recent CLAS data. The effect of the narrow nucleon resonance $N(1685,1/2^+)$ on cross sections is studied in detail and it turns out that its existence is essential in $K^0 \Lambda$ photoproduction to reproduce the CLAS data.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of "8th International Conference on Quarks and Nuclear Physics (QNP2018)", November 13-17, 2018, Tsukuba, Japa

Pion radiative weak decay from the instanton vacuum

We investigate the vector and axial-vector form factors for the pion radiative weak decays $\pi^+\to e^+\nu_e \gamma$ and $\pi^+\to e^+\nu_e e^+ e^-$, based on the gauged effective chiral action from the instanton vacuum in the large $N_c$ limit. The nonlocal contributions, which arise from the gauging of the action, enhance the vector form factor by about $20\,\%$, whereas the axial-vector form factor is reduced by almost $30\,\%$. Both the results for the vector and axial-vector form factors at the zero momentum transfer are in good agreement with the experimental data. The dependence of the form factors on the momentum transfer is also studied. The slope parameters are computed and compared with other works.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures. Final version accepted for publication in Phys.Lett.

Heavy pentaquark states Pc(4380)P_c(4380) and Pc(4450)P_c(4450) in the J/ψJ/\psi production induced by pion beams off the nucleon

In this study, we investigate the $J/\psi$ production induced by pion beams off the nucleon, particularly the heavy pentaquarks $P_c(4380)$ and $P_c(4450)$ in intermediate states, based on a hybridized Regge model. The process involving $\rho$ and $\pi$ meson exchange in the $t$ channel is considered as background, and the heavy pentaquark exchange is included in the $s$ channel. The coupling constants such as the $\rho NN$ and $\pi NN$ vertices are taken from the $NN$ potentials, whereas those for the $J/\psi\rho\pi$ and $J/\psi\pi\pi$ vertices are determined by using experimental data based on the branching ratios. In order to estimate the $P_c(4380)$ and $P_c(4450)$ coupling constants, we use the experimental upper limit on the total cross section as a guide for the $\pi N\to J/\psi N$ reaction. The background total cross section is the order of $10^{-4}-10^{-3}$ nb. In the vicinity of the heavy pentaquark masses, the total cross section reaches about $1$ nb.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures. To be published in Phys. Lets.