1. Measurement of spin-density matrix elements forϕ-meson photoproduction from protons and deuterons near threshold
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M. Uchida, Y. Kato, J. K. Ahn, Hidetoshi Akimune, N. Matsuoka, W. C. Chang, M. Fujiwara, T. Matsumura, Masato Yoshimura, S. Daté, K. Yonehara, K. Horie, Tsutomu Mibe, Hiroyuki Toyokawa, H. Kawai, P. J. Lin, C. W. Wang, Takatsugu Ishikawa, S. Makino, Tetsuhiko Yorita, M. Niiyama, H. Ejiri, D. S. Oshuev, R. G. T. Zegers, Y. Toi, H. Fujimura, Y. Ohashi, S. C. Wang, Chary Rangacharyulu, T. Matsuda, Y. Miyachi, Takashi Nakano, A. Wakai, Y. Asano, K. Kino, K. Imai, Masaharu Nomachi, T. Ooba, D. S. Ahn, M. Sumihama, Y. Shiino, K. Hicks, M. Miyabe, S. Hasegawa, Haruo Ohkuma, Atsushi Sakaguchi, N. Kumagai, Tomoaki Hotta, Takahiro Iwata, P. M. Shagin, H. Kohri, Yorihito Sugaya, Hajime Shimizu, Norihito Muramatsu, Shuji Fukui, and M. Yosoi
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Nuclear Theory ,Meson ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,Hadron ,Elementary particle ,Pseudoscalar meson ,Helicity ,Nuclear physics ,Baryon ,Pseudoscalar ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nucleon ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The LEPS/SPring-8 experiment made a comprehensive measurement of the spin-density matrix elements for $\gamma p \to \phi p$, $\gamma d \to \phi p n$ and $\gamma d \to \phi d$ at forward production angles. A linearly polarized photon beam at $E_{\gamma}$=1.6-2.4 GeV was used for the production of $\phi$ mesons. The natural-parity Pomeron exchange processes remains dominant nearthreshold. The unnatural-parity processes of pseudoscalar exchange is visible in the production from nucleons but is greatly reduced in the coherent production from deuterons. There is no strong $E_{\gamma}$-dependence, but some dependence on momentum-transfer. A small but finite value of the spin-density matrix elements reflecting helicity-nonconserving amplitudes in the $t$-channel is observed., Comment: 25 pages, 14 figures
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- 2010
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