One-loop corrections to omega photoproduction near threshold

Abstract

One-loop corrections to $\omega$ photoproduction near threshold have been investigated by using the approximation that all relevant transition amplitudes are calculated from the tree diagrams of effective Lagrangians. With the parameters constrained by the data of $\gamma N \to \pi N$, $\gamma N \to \rho N$, and $\pi N \to \omega N$ reactions, it is found that the one-loop effects due to the intermediate $\pi N$ and $\rho N$ states can significantly change the differential cross sections and spin observables. The results from this exploratory investigation suggest strongly that the coupled-channel effects should be taken into account in extracting reliable resonance parameters from the data of vector meson photoproduction in the resonance region.Comment: 19 pages, REVTeX, 14 figures, title changed, revised version to appear in Phys. Rev.