1. Transverse polarization ofΛandΛ¯hyperons in quasireal photoproduction
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I. Brunn, A. Kisselev, J. Wilbert, W. Augustyniak, Alessandra Fantoni, G. Graw, B. D. Fox, B. Zihlmann, M. Stancari, V. Mexner, B. Tchuiko, M. Kopytin, A. Nass, G. Schnell, O. Grebeniouk, A. Nagaitsev, B. Hommez, P. E. Reimer, P. Lenisa, J. Seibert, A. Trzcinski, Michel Vetterli, M. Henoch, E. Thomas, A. Laziev, M. Vogt, D. Reggiani, N. Akopov, B. Seitz, S. Tessarin, P. B. van der Nat, Katerina Lipka, K. Oganessyan, G. Iarygin, F. Masoli, J. Visser, A. Jgoun, V. A. Gapienko, G. M. Urciuoli, H. Kolster, Dirk Ryckbosch, M. Amarian, V. Vikhrov, Adel Terkulov, R. Van de Vyver, S. Belostotski, Manuella Vincter, H. Marukyan, Hidekazu Tanaka, M. Statera, Rezo Shanidze, J. Franz, Salvatore Frullani, Y. Gärber, J. Stewart, L. G. Greeniaus, V. A. Korotkov, A. Brüll, F. Menden, P. F. Dalpiaz, V. V. Ammosov, S. Yen, H. E. Jackson, A. Tkabladze, V. G. Krivokhijine, Andrey V. Izotov, C. Weiskopf, Ralf Kaiser, H. P. Blok, H. C. Chiang, C. Baumgarten, Ralf Hertenberger, S. Yoneyama, C. A. Miller, Valeria Muccifora, E. Steffens, G. Gavrilov, B. Krauss, C. Scarlett, Wolfgang Lorenzon, J. Ely, K. Königsmann, V. Baturin, V. A. Kozlov, M. Ehrenfried, S. Potashov, E. De Sanctis, Franco Garibaldi, H. Zohrabian, W.H.A. Hesselink, R. De Leo, A. Fechtchenko, D. Veretennikov, G. Elbakian, Erika Garutti, S. Bernreuther, M. Bouwhuis, A. Airapetian, H. Böttcher, Michael Tytgat, A. Andrus, S. Taroian, A. Elalaoui-Moulay, Frank Ellinghaus, A. Borissov, P. Di Nezza, P. Liebing, E. R. Kinney, M. Contalbrigo, A. Schwind, Martin Raithel, E. C. Aschenauer, Y. Naryshkin, L. Felawka, V. Shutov, U. Elschenbroich, I. Sanjiev, G. Orlandi, K. P. Schüler, Naomi C R Makins, D. Gaskell, A. Hillenbrand, G. P. Capitani, E. Avetissian, Nicola Bianchi, O. Mikloukho, P. Bailey, U. Stosslein, L. Lagamba, Z. Akopov, Y. Miyachi, P. Zupranski, J. Wendland, D. Hasch, D. H. Potterveld, R. Fabbri, T. A. Shibata, G. Gapienko, R.O. Avakian, N. Meyners, G. Rosner, E. Devitsin, K. Sinram, H. Ohsuga, L. De Nardo, V. Gharibyan, A. Rostomyan, A. R. Reolon, A. Avetissian, J. Volmer, J. J. M. Steijger, Michael Düren, K. Hafidi, Y. Holler, M. C. Simani, A. Reischl, G. Ciullo, Christian Schill, Eugenio Nappi, M. Hartig, T. Wise, M. Beckmann, L. Lapikás, Jeffrey Brack, W. Haeberli, Klaus Rith, D. Heesbeen, G. van der Steenhoven, T. Lindemann, I.A. Savin, G.R. Court, Andreas Schäfer, and W.-D. Nowak
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Physics ,HERMES experiment ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Hyperon ,Lambda ,Lambda baryon ,Polarization (waves) ,01 natural sciences ,Particle identification ,Nuclear physics ,Transverse plane ,Light cone ,0103 physical sciences ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Atomic physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,010306 general physics - Abstract
The HERMES experiment has measured the transverse polarization of Lambda and {ovr Lambda} hyperons produced inclusively in quasireal photoproduction at a positron beam energy of 27.6 GeV. The transverse polarization P{sub n}{sup Lambda} of the Lambda hyperon is found to be positive while the observed {ovr Lambda} polarization is compatible with zero. The values averaged over the kinematic acceptance of HERMES are P{sub n}{sup Lambda} =0.078 {+-} 0.006(stat) {+-} 0.012(syst) and P{sub n}{sup {ovr Lambda}} = -0.025 {+-} 0.015(stat) {+-} 0.018(syst) for Lambda and {ovr Lambda}, respectively. The dependences of P{sub n}{sup Lambda} and P{sub n}{sup {ovr Lambda}} on the fraction zeta of the beam's light-cone momentum carried by the hyperon and on the hyperon's transverse momentum p{sub T} were investigated. The measured Lambda polarization rises linearly with p{sub T} and exhibits a different behavior for low and high values of zeta, which approximately correspond to the backward and forward regions in the center-of-mass frame of the gamma*N reaction.
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- 2007