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1. Masses and Beta-decay Studies of Neutron-rich Nuclei using the X-array and Gammasphere

Author: Kondev F.G., Hartley D.J., Orford R., Clark J.A, Savard G., Auranen K., Ayangeakaa A.D., Bottoni S., Carpenter M.P., Copp P., Hicks K., Hoffman C.R., Janssens R.V.F., Kay B.P., Lauritsen T., Li T., Marley S.T., Morgan G.E., Mukherjee G., Nandi S., Reviol W., Sethi J., Seweryniak D., Stolze S., Wu J., Yadav R., and Zhu S.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: Properties of neutron-rich nuclei in the A˜160 region are important for achieving a better understanding of the nuclear structure in this region where little is known owing to diffculties in the production of these nuclei at the present nuclear physics facilities. These properties are essential ingredients in the interpretation of the rareearth peak at A˜160 in the r process abundance distribution, since theoretical models are sensitive to nuclear structure input. Predicated on these ideas, we have initiated a new experimental program at Argonne National Laboratory. During the first experiment, beams from the Californium Rare Isotope Breeder Upgrade radioactive beam facility were used in conjunction with the SATURN decay station and the X-array. We focused initially on several odd-odd nuclei, where β decays of both the ground state and an excited isomer were investigated. Because of the spin difference, a variety of structures in the daughter nuclei were selectively populated and characterized based on their decay properties. Mass measurements using the Canadian Penning Trap aimed at establishing the excitation energy of the β-decaying isomers were also carried out. Evidence was found for a change in the single-particle structure, which in turn results in the formation of a sizable N=98 sub-shell gap at large deformation. Results from the first experimental campaign using the newly-commissioned β-decay station at Gammasphere are also presented.
Published: 2019
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2. Differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries of $\eta$ photoproduction on the proton at $E_\gamma$ = 1.3-2.4 GeV

Author: Hashimoto, T., Nam, T., Muramatsu, N., Ahn, J. K., Chang, W. C., Chen, J. Y., Chu, M. L., Date, S., Gogami, T., Goto, H., Hamano, H., He, Q. H., Hicks, K., Hiraiwa, T., Honda, Y., Hotta, T., Ikuno, H., Inoue, Y., Ishikawa, T., Jaegle, I., Jo, J. M., Kasamatsu, Y., Katsuragawa, H., Kido, S., Kon, Y., Matsumoto, S., Matsumura, Y., Miyabe, M., Mizutani, K., Nakamura, T., Nakano, T., Niiyama, M., Nozawa, Y., Ohashi, Y., Ohnishi, H., Ohta, T., Ozawa, K., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Sada, Y., Shibukawa, T., Shimizu, H., Shirai, R., Shiraishi, K., Strokovsky, E. A., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Suzuki, S., Tanaka, S., Taniguchi, Y., Tokiyasu, A., Tomida, N., Tsuchikawa, Y., Ueda, T., Yamazaki, H., Yamazaki, R., Yanai, Y., Yorita, T., Yoshida, C., and Yosoi, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We have carried out exclusive measurements for the photoproduction of an $\eta$ meson from a proton target with an egg-shaped calorimeter made of BGO crystals (BGOegg) and forward charged-particle detectors at the SPring-8 LEPS2 beamline. The differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries of the $\gamma p \to \eta p$ reaction are measured in a center-of-mass energy ($W$) range of $1.82$-$2.32$ GeV and a polar angle range of $-1.0 < \cos{\theta^{\eta}_{\mathrm{c.m.}}} < 0.6$. The reaction is identified by selecting a proton and two $\gamma$'s produced by an $\eta$-meson decay. The kinematic fit method was employed to select the reaction candidate with the confidence level larger than $1$\%. A bump structure at $W$ = $2.0$-$2.3$ GeV in the differential cross section is confirmed at extremely backward $\eta$ polar angles, where the existing data are inconsistent with each other. This bump structure is likely associated with high-spin resonances that couple with $s\bar{s}$ quarks. The results of the photon beam asymmetries in a wide $\eta$ polar angle range are new for the photon beam energies exceeding $2.1$ GeV. These results are not reproduced by the existing partial wave analyses. They provide an additional constraint to nucleon resonance studies at high energies., Comment: 16 pages, 11 figures
Published: 2022
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3. Polarized Structure Function $\sigma_{LT'}$ from $\pi^0 p$ Electroproduction Data in the Resonance Region at $0.4$ GeV$^2 < Q^2 < 1.0$ GeV$^2$

Author: Isupov, E. L., Burkert, V. D., Golubenko, A. A., Joo, K., Markov, N. S., Mokeev, V. I., Smith, L. C., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Capobianco, R. A., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Clary, B. A., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Glazier, D. I., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Illari, I., Ireland, D. G., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Klimenko, V., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lagerquist, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Paul, S. J., Phelps, W., Pilleux, N., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shirokov, E. V., Shrestha, U., Simmerling, P., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Vallarino, S., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Ziegler, V.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The first results on the $\sigma_{LT'}$ structure function in exclusive $\pi^0p$ electroproduction at invariant masses of the final state of 1.5 GeV $<$ $W$ $<$ 1.8 GeV and in the range of photon virtualities 0.4 GeV$^2 < Q^2 < 1.0$ GeV$^2$ were obtained from data on beam spin asymmetries and differential cross sections measured with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. The Legendre moments determined from the $\sigma_{LT'}$ structure function have demonstrated sensitivity to the contributions from the nucleon resonances in the second and third resonance regions. These new data on the beam spin asymmetries in $\pi^0p$ electroproduction extend the opportunities for the extraction of the nucleon resonance electroexcitation amplitudes in the mass range above 1.6 GeV., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2021
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4. Measurement of charged-pion production in deep-inelastic scattering off nuclei with the CLAS detector

Author: Moran, S., Dupre, R., Hakobyan, H., Arratia, M., Brooks, W. K., Borquez, A., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Hafidi, K., Mendez, R., Mineeva, T., Paul, S. J., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, Giovanni, Armstrong, Whitney R., Atac, H., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, Fatiha, Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bossu, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Egiyan, H., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Golubenko, A. A., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J . D., Marchand, D., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Ouillon, M., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Reed, Trevor, Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shirokov, E. V., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, Kevin, Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Background: Energetic quarks in nuclear DIS propagate through the nuclear medium. Processes that are believed to occur inside nuclei include quark energy loss through medium-stimulated gluon bremsstrahlung and intra-nuclear interactions of forming hadrons. More data are required to gain a more complete understanding of these effects. Purpose: To test the theoretical models of parton transport and hadron formation, we compared their predictions for the nuclear and kinematic dependence of pion production in nuclei. Methods: We have measured charged-pion production in semi-inclusive DIS off D, C, Fe, and Pb using the CLAS detector and the CEBAF 5.014 GeV electron beam. We report results on the nuclear-to-deuterium multiplicity ratio for $\pi^{+}$ and $\pi^{-}$ as a function of energy transfer, four-momentum transfer, and pion energy fraction or transverse momentum - the first three-dimensional study of its kind. Results: The $\pi^{+}$ multiplicity ratio is found to depend strongly on the pion fractional energy $z$, and reaches minimum values of $0.67\pm0.03$, $0.43\pm0.02$, and $0.27\pm0.01$ for the C, Fe, and Pb targets, respectively. The $z$ dependences of the multiplicity ratios for $\pi^{+}$ and $\pi^{-}$ are equal within uncertainties for C and Fe targets but show differences at the level of 10$\%$ for the Pb-target data. The results are qualitatively described by the GiBUU transport model, as well as with a model based on hadron absorption, but are in tension with calculations based on nuclear fragmentation functions. Conclusions: These precise results will strongly constrain the kinematic and flavor dependence of nuclear effects in hadron production, probing an unexplored kinematic region. They will help to reveal how the nucleus reacts to a fast quark, thereby shedding light on its color structure, transport properties, and on the mechanisms of the hadronization process., Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, 12 tables
Published: 2021
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5. Improved $\Lambda p$ Elastic Scattering Cross Sections Between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV/c and Connections to the Neutron Star Equation of State

Author: CLAS Collaboration, Rowley, J., Compton, N., Djalali, C., Hicks, K., Price, J., Zachariou, N., Adhikari, K. P., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossu, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Korover, I., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Munevar, E., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Yurov, M., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Strange matter is believed to exist in the cores of neutron stars based on simple kinematics. If this is true, then hyperon-nucleon interactions will play a significant part in the neutron star equation of state (EOS). Yet, compared to other elastic scattering processes, there is very little data on $\Lambda$-$N$ scattering. This experiment utilized the CLAS detector to study the $\Lambda p \rightarrow \Lambda p$ elastic scattering cross section in the incident $\Lambda$ momentum range 0.9-2.0 GeV/c. This is the first data on this reaction in several decades. The new cross sections have significantly better accuracy and precision than the existing world data, and the techniques developed here can also be used in future experiments., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2021

6. First observation of a nuclear $s$-state of $\Xi$ hypernucleus, $^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}$

Author: Yoshimoto, M., Ahn, J. K., Bassalleck, B., Ekawa, H., Endo, Y., Fujita, M., Han, Y., Hashimoto, T., Hayakawa, S. H., Hicks, K., Hoshino, K., Hoshino, S., Hwang, S. H., Ichikawa, Y., Ichikawa, M., Imai, K., Ishikawa, Y., Kanauchi, H., Kasagi, A., Kim, S. H., Kinbara, S., Lin, P. M., Ma, T. L., Miwa, K., Moe, A. T., Nagase, Y., Nakazawa, K., Nanamura, T., Naruki, M., Nyaw, A. N. L., Pochodzalla, J., Sako, H., Sato, S., Soe, M. M., Soe, M. K., Sohn, J. Y., Takahashi, H., Takahashi, T., Tamura, H., Tanida, K., Theint, A. M. M., Tint, K. T., Ukai, M., Yamamoto, T. O., Yang, S. B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Zhang, D. H., and Zhang, Z.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Bound-systems of $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ are studied via $\Xi^-$ capture at rest followed by emission of a twin single-$\Lambda$ hypernucleus in the emulsion detectors. Two events forming extremely deep $\Xi^-$ bound states were obtained by analysis of a hybrid method in the E07 experiment at J-PARC and reanalysis of the E373 experiment at KEK-PS. The decay mode of one event was assigned as $\Xi^-+^{14}_{}{\rm N}\to^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$+$^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$+$^{4}_{}{\rm He}$+n. Since there are no excited states for daughter particles, the binding energy of the $\Xi^-$ hyperon, $B_{\Xi^-}$, in $^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ nucleus was uniquely determined to be 6.27 $\pm$ 0.27 MeV. Another $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ system via the decay $^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be}$ + $^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}$ + n brings a $B_{\Xi^-}$ value, 8.00 $\pm$ 0.77 MeV or 4.96 $\pm$ 0.77 MeV, where the two possible values of $B_{\Xi^-}$ correspond to the ground and the excited states of the daughter $^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be}$ nucleus, respectively. Because the $B_{\Xi^-}$ values are larger than those of the previously reported events (KISO and IBUKI), which are both interpreted as the nuclear $1p$ state of the $\Xi^-$--$^{14}_{}{\rm N}$ system, these new events give the first indication of the nuclear $1s$ state of the $\Xi$ hypernucleus, $^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}$., Comment: 26 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2021
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7. Search for H-dibaryon at J-PARC with a Large Acceptance TPC

Author: Sako H., Ahn J. K., Baek K. Y., Bassalleck B., Fujioka H., Guo L., Hasegawa S., Hicks K., Honda R., Hwang S. H., Ichikawa Y., Ieiri M., Imai K., Kim S. H., Kiuchi R., Lee H. S., Nakazawa K., Naruki M., Ni A., Niiyama M., Ozawa K., Park J. Y., Park S. H., Ryu S. Y., Sato S., Shirotori K., Sugimura H., Sumihara M., Tanida K., Takahashi H., and Takahashi T.
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: H-dibaryon has been predicted as a stable 6-quark color-singlet state. It has been searched for by many experiments but has never been discovered. Recent lattice QCD calculations predict H-dibaryon as a weakly bound or a resonant state close to the LL threshold. E224 and E522 experiments at KEK observed peaks in LL invariant mass spectra near the threshold in (K-, K+) reactions, which were statistically not significant. Therefore, we proposed a new experiment E42 at J-PARC. It will measure decay products of ΛΛ and Λπ-p in a (K-, K+) reaction. We design a large acceptance spectrometer based on a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) immersed in a dipole magnetic field. The TPC surrounds a target to cover nearly 4π acceptance, and accepts K- beams up to 106 counts per second. To suppress drift field distortion at high beam rates, we adopt Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) for electron amplification and a gating grid. We show an overview of the experiment, the design of the spectrometer, and the R&D status of the TPC prototype.
Published: 2014
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8. Measurement of deeply virtual Compton scattering off Helium-4 with CLAS at Jefferson Lab

Author: Dupré, R., Hattawy, M., Baltzell, N. A., Bültmann, S., De Vita, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Egiyan, H., Girod, F. X., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Jenkins, D., Liuti, S., Perrin, Y., Stepanyan, S., Torayev, B., Voutier, E., Amaryan, M. J., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Caudron, M., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Ehrhart, M., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Hakobyan, H., Hayward, T. B., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Livingston, K., Kabir, M. L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Mascagna, V., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pivnyuk, N., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R., Sergeyeva, V., Sharabian, Y., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Watts, D., Wei, K., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report on the measurement of the beam spin asymmetry in the deeply virtual Compton scattering off $^4$He using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab using a 6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron beam incident on a pressurized $^4$He gaseous target. We detail the method used to ensure the exclusivity of the measured reactions, in particular the upgrade of CLAS with a radial time projection chamber to detect the low-energy recoiling $^4$He nuclei and an inner calorimeter to extend the photon detection acceptance at forward angles. Our results confirm the theoretically predicted enhancement of the coherent ($e^4$He$~\to~e'$$^4$He$'\gamma'$) beam spin asymmetries compared to those observed on the free proton, while the incoherent ($e^4$He$~\to~e'$p$'\gamma'$X$'$) asymmetries exhibit a 30$\%$ suppression. From the coherent data, we were able to extract, in a model-independent way, the real and imaginary parts of the only $^4$He Compton form factor, $\cal H_A$, leading the way toward 3D imaging of the partonic structure of nuclei.
Published: 2021
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9. Measurement of the proton spin structure at long distances

Author: Zheng, X., Deur, A., Kang, H., Kuhn, S. E., Ripani, M., Zhang, J., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Bondi, M., Bossu, F., Bosted, P., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Chen, J. -P., Choi, S., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Drozdov, V. A., Dupre, R., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. -X., Glazier, D. I., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holmstrom, T., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., livingston, K., Long, E., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Mullen, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Phillips, S. K., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Seely, M. L., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sirca, S., Slifer, K., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Sulkosky, V., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Measuring the spin structure of protons and neutrons tests our understanding of how they arise from quarks and gluons, the fundamental building blocks of nuclear matter. At long distances the coupling constant of the strong interaction becomes large, requiring non-perturbative methods to calculate quantum chromodynamics processes, such as lattice gauge theory or effective field theories. Here we report proton spin structure measurements from scattering a polarized electron beam off polarized protons. The spin-dependent cross-sections were measured at large distances, corresponding to the region of low momentum transfer squared between 0.012 and 1.0 GeV$^2$. This kinematic range provides unique tests of chiral effective field theory predictions. Our results show that a complete description of the nucleon spin remains elusive, and call for further theoretical works, e.g. in lattice quantum chromodynamics. Finally, our data extrapolated to the photon point agree with the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum rule, a fundamental prediction of quantum field theory that relates the anomalous magnetic moment of the proton to its integrated spin-dependent cross-sections., Comment: Published version. 10 pages, 5 figures. 20 pages of supplementary material (data tables and a figure)
Published: 2021
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10. Differential cross sections for {\Lambda}(1520) using photoproduction at CLAS

Author: Shrestha, U., Chetry, T., Djalali, C., Hicks, K., Nam, S. i., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Atac, H., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossu, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., De Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Huang, Q., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A., Munevar, E., Camacho, C. Munoz, Turonski, P. Nadel, Neupane, 5 K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pivnyuk, N., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The reaction $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+} \Lambda(1520)$ using photoproduction data from the CLAS $g12$ experiment at Jefferson Lab is studied. The decay of $\Lambda(1520)$ into two exclusive channels, $\Sigma^{+}\pi^{-}$ and $\Sigma^{-}\pi^{+}$, is studied from the detected $K^{+}$, $\pi^{+}$, and $\pi^{-}$ particles. A good agreement is established for the $\Lambda(1520)$ differential cross sections with the previous CLAS measurements. The differential cross sections as a function of CM angle are extended to higher photon energies. Newly added are the differential cross sections as a function of invariant 4-momentum transfer $t$, which is the natural variable to use for a theoretical model based on a Regge-exchange reaction mechanism. No new $N^*$ resonances decaying into the $K^+\Lambda(1520)$ final state are found., Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2021
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11. Observation of Beam Spin Asymmetries in the Process $e p \rightarrow e \pi^{+}\pi^{-}X$ with CLAS12

Author: Hayward, T. B., Dilks, C., Vossen, A., Avakian, H., Adhikari, S., Angelini, G., Arratia, M., Atac, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondì, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Dugger, M., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A. A., Gothe, R. W., Gotra, Y., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Kim, A., Kim, W., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Naidoo, P., Nanda, S., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Thornton, A., Tyler, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The observation of beam spin asymmetries in two-pion production in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering off an unpolarized proton target is reported. The data presented here were taken in the fall of 2018 with the CLAS12 spectrometer using a 10.6 GeV longitudinally spin-polarized electron beam delivered by CEBAF at JLab. The measured asymmetries provide the first opportunity to extract the parton distribution function $e(x)$, which provides information about the interaction between gluons and quarks, in a collinear framework that offers cleaner access than previous measurements. The asymmetries also constitute the first ever signal sensitive to the helicity-dependent two-pion fragmentation function $G_1^\perp$. A clear sign change is observed around the $\rho$ mass that appears in model calculations and is indicative of the dependence of the produced pions on the helicity of the fragmenting quark., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2021
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12. Multidimensional, high precision measurements of beam single spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive $\pi^{+}$ electroproduction off protons in the valence region

Author: Diehl, S., Kim, A., Angelini, G., Joo, K., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M., Arratia, M., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Bastami, S., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossu, F., Boiarinov, S., Brinkmann, K. -T., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Dilks, C., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Forest, T., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A. A., Gothe, R. W., Gotra, Y., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jo, H. S., Johnston, R., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Kim, W., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lee, S., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, Z., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Milner, R. G., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Moran, P., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Naidoo, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Prokudin, A., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Roberts, C. D., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Segarra, E. P., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Simmerling, P., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tezgin, K., Thornton, A., Tyler, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Xu, S. -S., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: High precision measurements of the polarized electron beam-spin asymmetry in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) from the proton have been performed using a 10.6~GeV incident electron beam and the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. We report here a high precision multidimensional study of single $\pi^{+}$ SIDIS data over a large kinematic range in Bjorken x, fractional energy and transverse momentum of the hadron as well as photon virtualities $Q^{2}$ ranging from $1-7\,$GeV$^{2}$. In particular, the structure function ratio $F^{\sin\phi}_{LU}/F_{UU}$ has been determined, where $F^{\sin\phi}_{LU}$ is a twist-3 quantity that can reveal novel aspects of emergent hadron mass and quark-gluon correlations within the nucleon. The data's impact on the evolving understanding of the underlying reaction mechanisms and their kinematic variation is explored using theoretical models for the different contributing transverse momentum dependent parton distribution functions.
Published: 2021
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13. Photoproduction of the $f_2(1270)$ meson using the CLAS detector

Author: Carver, M., Celentano, A., Hicks, K., Marsicano, L., Mathieu, V., Pilloni, A., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, Giovanni, Atac, H., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, Fatiha, Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De~Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El~Alaoui, A., El~Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Huang, Q., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S. ~, Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, C. W., Klein, F. J., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mokeev, V., A~Movsisyan, Munevar, E., Munoz~Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The quark structure of the $f_2(1270)$ meson has, for many years, been assumed to be a pure quark-antiquark ($q\bar{q}$) resonance with quantum numbers $J^{PC} = 2^{++}$. Recently, it was proposed that the $f_2(1270)$ is a molecular state made from the attractive interaction of two $\rho$-mesons. Such a state would be expected to decay strongly to final states with charged pions, due to the dominant decay $\rho \to \pi^+ \pi^-$, whereas decay to two neutral pions would likely be suppressed. Here, we measure for the first time the reaction $\gamma p \to \pi^0 \pi^0 p$, using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab for incident beam energies between 3.6-5.4~GeV. Differential cross sections, $d\sigma / dt$, for $f_2(1270)$ photoproduction are extracted with good precision, due to low backgrounds, and are compared with theoretical calculations., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2020
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14. Observation of Coulomb-assisted nuclear bound state of $\Xi^-$-$^{14}$N system

Author: Hayakawa, S. H., Agari, K., Ahn, J. K., Akaishi, T., Akazawa, Y., Ashikaga, S., Bassalleck, B., Bleser, S., Ekawa, H., Endo, Y., Fujikawa, Y., Fujioka, N., Fujita, M., Goto, R., Han, Y., Hasegawa, S., Hashimoto, T., Hayakawa, T., Hayata, E., Hicks, K., Hirose, E., Hirose, M., Honda, R., Hoshino, K., Hoshino, S., Hosomi, K., Hwang, S. H., Ichikawa, Y., Ichikawa, M., Imai, K., Inaba, K., Ishikawa, Y., Ito, H., Ito, K., Jung, W. S., Kanatsuki, S., Kanauchi, H., Kasagi, A., Kawai, T., Kim, M. H., Kim, S. H., Kinbara, S., Kiuchi, R., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, K., Koike, T., Koshikawa, A., Lee, J. Y., Ma, T. L., Matsumoto, S. Y., Minakawa, M., Miwa, K., Moe, A. T., Moon, T. J., Moritsu, M., Nagase, Y., Nakada, Y., Nakagawa, M., Nakashima, D., Nakazawa, K., Nanamura, T., Naruki, M., Nyaw, A. N. L., Ogura, Y., Ohashi, M., Oue, K., Ozawa, S., Pochodzalla, J., Ryu, S. Y., Sako, H., Sato, S., Sato, Y., Schupp, F., Shirotori, K., Soe, M. M., Soe, M. K., Sohn, J. Y., Sugimura, H., Suzuki, K. N., Takahashi, H., Takahashi, T., Takeda, T., Tamura, H., Tanida, K., Theint, A. M. M., Tint, K. T., Toyama, Y., Ukai, M., Umezaki, E., Watabe, T., Watanabe, K., Yamamoto, T. O., Yang, S. B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zhang, D. H., and Zhang, Z.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: In an emulsion-counter hybrid experiment performed at J-PARC, a $\Xi^-$ absorption event was observed which decayed into twin single-$\Lambda$ hypernuclei. Kinematic calculations enabled a unique identification of the reaction process as $\Xi^{-} + ^{14}$N$\ \rightarrow\ ^{10}_\Lambda$Be + $^5_\Lambda$He. For the binding energy of the $\Xi^{-}$ hyperon in the $\Xi^-$-$^{14}$N system a value of $1.27 \pm 0.21$ MeV was deduced. The energy level of $\Xi^-$ is likely a nuclear $1p$ state which indicates a weak ${\Xi}N$-$\Lambda\Lambda$ coupling.
Published: 2020
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15. Beam spin asymmetry in semi-inclusive electroproduction of a hadron pair

Author: Mirazita, M., Avakian, H., Courtoy, A., Pisano, S., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Atac, H., Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, Fatiha, Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bossu', F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dilks, C., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Huang, Q., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I . J . D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Milner, R. G., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Mullen, C., Camacho, C. Munoz, Neupane, K., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pocanic, D., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Sabatie', F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: A first measurement of the longitudinal beam spin asymmetry ALU in the semi-inclusive electroproduction of pairs of charged pions is reported. ALU is a higher-twist observable and offers the cleanest access to the nucleon twist-3 parton distribution function e(x). Data have been collected in the Hall-B at Jefferson Lab by impinging a 5.498 GeV electron beam on a liquid-hydrogen target, and reconstructing the scattered electron and the pion pair with the CLAS detector. One-dimensional projections of the sin(phiR) moments of ALU are extracted for the kinematic variables of interest in the valence quark region. The understanding of di-hadron production is essential for the interpretation of observables in single hadron production in semi-inclusive DIS, and pioneering measurements of single spin asymmetries in di-hadron production open a new avenue in studies of QCD dynamics.
Published: 2020
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16. Extraction of beam-spin asymmetries from the hard exclusive $\pi^{+}$ channel off protons in a wide range of kinematics

Author: Diehl, S., Joo, K., Kim, A., Avakian, H., Kroll, P., Park, K., Riser, D., Semenov-Tian-Shansky, K., Tezgin, K., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Asryan, G., Atac, H., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Boss`u, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Dilks, C., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rossi, P., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We have measured beam-spin asymmetries to extract the $\sin\phi$ moment $A_{LU}^{\sin\phi}$ from the hard exclusive $\vec{e} p \to e^\prime n \pi^+$ reaction above the resonance region, for the first time with nearly full coverage from forward to backward angles in the center-of-mass. The $A_{LU}^{\sin\phi}$ moment has been measured up to 6.6 GeV$^{2}$ in $-t$, covering the kinematic regimes of Generalized Parton Distributions (GPD) and baryon-to-meson Transition Distribution Amplitudes (TDA) at the same time. The experimental results in very forward kinematics demonstrate the sensitivity to chiral-odd and chiral-even GPDs. In very backward kinematics where the TDA framework is applicable, we found $A_{LU}^{\sin\phi}$ to be negative, while a sign change was observed near 90$^\circ$ in the center-of-mass. The unique results presented in this paper will provide critical constraints to establish reaction mechanisms that can help to further develop the GPD and TDA frameworks.
Published: 2020
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17. Photoproduction of $\eta$ mesons off the proton for $1.2 < E_\gamma < 4.7$ GeV using CLAS at Jefferson Laboratory

Author: Hu, T., Akbar, Z., Crede, V., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Asryan, G., Atac, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bossu, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cruz-Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Gavalian, G., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Illari, I., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A., Munevar, E., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rowley, J., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Photoproduction cross sections are reported for the reaction $\gamma p\to p\eta$ using energy-tagged photons and the CLAS spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The $\eta$ mesons are detected in their dominant charged decay mode, $\eta\to \pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$, and results on differential cross sections are presented for incident photon energies between 1.2 and 4.7 GeV. These new $\eta$ photoproduction data are consistent with earlier CLAS results but extend the energy range beyond the nucleon resonance region into the Regge regime. The normalized angular distributions are also compared with the experimental results from several other experiments, and with predictions of $\eta$ MAID\,2018 and the latest solution of the Bonn-Gatchina coupled-channel analysis. Differential cross sections $d\sigma/dt$ are presented for incident photon energies $E_\gamma > 2.9$ GeV ($W > 2.5$ GeV), and compared with predictions which are based on Regge trajectories exchange in the $t$-channel (Regge models). The data confirm the expected dominance of $\rho$, $\omega$ vector-meson exchange in an analysis by the Joint Physics Analysis Center., Comment: 24 pages, 22 figures
Published: 2020
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18. Search for $\eta'$ bound nuclei in the $^{12}{\rm C}(\gamma,p)$ reaction with simultaneous detection of decay products

Author: Tomida, N., Muramatsu, N., Niiyama, M., Ahn, J. K., Chang, W. C., Chen, J. Y., Chu, M. L., Daté, S., Gogami, T., Goto, H., Hamano, H., Hashimoto, T., He, Q. H., Hicks, K., Hiraiwa, T., Honda, Y., Hotta, T., Ikuno, H., Inoue, Y., Ishikawa, T., Jaegle, I., Jo, J. M., Kasamatsu, Y., Katsuragawa, H., Kido, S., Kon, Y., Maruyama, T., Masumoto, S., Matsumura, Y., Miyabe, M., Mizutani, K., Nagahiro, H., Nakamura, T., Nakano, T., Nam, T., Ngan, T. N. T., Nozawa, Y., Ohashi, Y., Ohnishi, H., Ohta, T., Ozawa, K., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Sada, Y., Sasagawa, M., Shibukawa, T., Shimizu, H., Shirai, R., Shiraishi, K., Strokovsky, E. A., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Suzuki, S., Tanaka, S., Tokiyasu, A., Tsuchikawa, Y., Ueda, T., Yamazaki, H., Yamazaki, R., Yanai, Y., Yorita, T., Yoshida, C., and Yosoi, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We measured missing mass spectrum of the $^{12}{\rm C}(\gamma,p)$ reaction for the first time in coincidence with potential decay products from $\eta'$ bound nuclei. We tagged an ($\eta+p$) pair associated with the $\eta'N\to\eta N$ process in a nucleus. After applying kinematical selections to reduce backgrounds, no signal events were observed in the bound-state region. An upper limit of the signal cross section in the opening angle $\cos\theta^{\eta p}_{lab}<-0.9$ was obtained to be 2.2 nb/sr at the 90$\%$ confidence level. It is compared with theoretical cross sections, whose normalization ambiguity is suppressed by measuring a quasifree $\eta'$ production rate. Our results indicate a small branching fraction of the $\eta'N\to\eta N$ process and/or a shallow $\eta'$-nucleus potential., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2020
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19. Evidence for the $N'(1720)3/2^+$ Nucleon Resonance from Combined Studies of CLAS $\pi^+\pi^-p$ Photo- and Electroproduction Data

Author: Mokeev, V. I., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Elouadrhiri, L., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Hicks, K., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Joo, K., Markov, N., Pasyuk, E., and Trivedi, A.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The analysis of the nine 1-fold differential cross sections for the $\gamma_{r,v} p \to \pi^+\pi^-p$ photo- and electroproduction reactions obtained with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory was carried out with the goal to establish the contributing resonances in the mass range from 1.6~GeV to 1.8~GeV. In order to describe the photo- and electroproduction data with $Q^2$-independent resonance masses and hadronic decay widths in the $Q^2$ range below 1.5~GeV$^2$, it was found that an $N'(1720)3/2^+$ state is required in addition to the already well-established nucleon resonances. This work demonstrates that the combined studies of $\pi^+\pi^-p$ photo- and electroproduction data are vital for the observation of this resonance. The contributions from the $N'(1720)3/2^+$ state and the already established $N(1720)3/2^+$ state with a mass of 1.745~GeV are well separated by their different hadronic decays to the $\pi \Delta$ and $\rho p$ final states and the different $Q^2$-evolution of their photo-/electroexcitation amplitudes. The $N'(1720)3/2^+$ state is the first recently established baryon resonance for which the results on the $Q^2$-evolution of the photo-/electrocouplings have become available. These results are important for the exploration of the nature of the ``missing'' baryon resonances., Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B
Published: 2020
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20. Probing the core of the strong nuclear interaction

Author: Schmidt, A., Pybus, J. R., Weiss, R., Segarra, E. P., Hrnjic, A., Denniston, A., Hen, O., Piasetzky, E., Weinstein, L. B., Barnea, N., Strikman, M., Larionov, A., Higinbotham, D., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M., Angelini, G., Asryan, G., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Beck, A., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biselli, A. S., Bossu, F., Biarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cohen, E., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., Cruz-Torres, R., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Duer, M., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Gavalian, G., Gilad, S., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Giuseppe, C., Glazier, D. I., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Illari, I., Ireland, D., Ishkanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Korover, I., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., Beck, S. May-Tal, McKinnon, B., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Camacho, C. Munoz, Mustapha, B., Nadel-Turonski, P., Nanda, S., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Patsyuk, M., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmookler, B., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zheng, X.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract: The strong nuclear interaction between nucleons (protons and neutrons) is the effective force that holds the atomic nucleus together. This force stems from fundamental interactions between quarks and gluons (the constituents of nucleons) that are described by the equations of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). However, as these equations cannot be solved directly, physicists resort to describing nuclear interactions using effective models that are well constrained at typical inter-nucleon distances in nuclei but not at shorter distances. This limits our ability to describe high-density nuclear matter such as in the cores of neutron stars. Here we use high-energy electron scattering measurements that isolate nucleon pairs in short-distance, high-momentum configurations thereby accessing a kinematical regime that has not been previously explored by experiments, corresponding to relative momenta above 400 MeV/c. As the relative momentum between two nucleons increases and their separation thereby decreases, we observe a transition from a spin-dependent tensor-force to a predominantly spin-independent scalar-force. These results demonstrate the power of using such measurements to study the nuclear interaction at short-distances and also support the use of point-like nucleons with two- and three-body effective interactions to describe nuclear systems up to densities several times higher than the central density of atomic nuclei., Comment: Total 26 pages, 13 figures. Main text: 8 pages, 3 figures. Methods section: 6 pages. Extended Data: 8 figures, 1 table. Supplementary Materials: 8 pages, 2 figures
Published: 2020
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21. Dark matter search in a Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX) at Jefferson Lab -- 2018 update to PR12-16-001

Author: Battaglieri, M., Bersani, A., Bracco, G., Caiffi, B., Celentano, A., De Vita, R., Marsicano, L., Musico, P., Panza, F., Ripani, M., Santopinto, E., Taiuti, M., Bellini, V., Bondi', M., Castorina, P., De Napoli, M., Italiano, A., Kuznetzov, V., Leonora, E., Mammoliti, F., Randazzo, N., Re, L., Russo, G., Russo, M., Shahinyan, A., Sperduto, M., Spinali, S., Sutera, C., Tortorici, F., Baltzell, N., Dalton, M., Freyberger, A., Girod, F. -X., Kharashvili, G., Kubarovsky, V., Pasyuk, E., Smith, E. S., Stepanyan, S., Szumilla-Vance, H., Ungaro, M., Whitlatch, T., Izaguirre, E., Krnjaic, G., Ehle, I., Snowden-Ifft, D., Loomba, D., Carpinelli, M., D'Urso, D., Gabrieli, A., Maccioni, G., Sant, M., Sipala, V., Ameli, F., Cisbani, E., De Persio, F., Del Dotto, A., Garibaldi, F., Meddi, F., Nicolau, C. A., Urciuoli, G. M., Chiarusi, T., Manzali, M., Pellegrino, C., Schuster, P., Toro, N., Essig, R., Wood, M. H., Holtrop., M., Paremuzyan, R., De Cataldo, G., De Leo, R., Di Bari, D., Lagamba, L., Nappi, E., Perrino, R., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Drago, A., Lenisa, P., Movsisyan, A., Pappalardo, L., Spizzo, F., Turisini, M., Hasch, D., Lucherini, V., Mirazita, M., Pisano, S., Rossi, P., Tomassini, S., Simi, G., D'Angelo, A., Lanza, L., Rizzo, A., Filippi, A., Genovese, M., Kunkel, M., Bashkanov, M., Murphy, A., Smith, G., Watts, D., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Glazier, D., Ireland, D., McKinnon, B., Sokhan, D., Colaneri, L., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Afanasev, A., Briscoe, B., Strakovsky, I., Kalantarians, N., Weinstein, L., Adhikari, K. P., Dunne, J. A., Dutta, D., Fassi, L. El, Ye, L., Hicks, K., Cole, P., Dobbs, S., Fanelli, C., and Mohanmurthy, P.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This document complements and completes what was submitted last year to PAC45 as an update to the proposal PR12-16-001 "Dark matter search in a Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX)" at Jefferson Lab submitted to JLab-PAC44 in 2016. Following the suggestions contained in the PAC45 report, in coordination with the lab, we ran a test to assess the beam-related backgrounds and validate the simulation framework used to design the BDX experiment. Using a common Monte Carlo framework for the test and the proposed experiment, we optimized the selection cuts to maximize the reach considering simultaneously the signal, cosmic-ray background (assessed in Catania test with BDX-Proto) and beam-related backgrounds (irreducible NC and CC neutrino interactions as determined by simulation). Our results confirmed what was presented in the original proposal: with 285 days of a parasitic run at 65 $\mu$A (corresponding to $10^{22}$ EOT) the BDX experiment will lower the exclusion limits in the case of no signal by one to two orders of magnitude in the parameter space of dark-matter coupling versus mass.
Published: 2019

22. Exclusive $\bm{\pi^{0}p}$ electroproduction off protons in the resonance region at photon virtualities 0.4~GeV$\bm{^{2}}$ $\bm{\leq~ Q^{2} \leq~1}$~GeV$\bm{^{2}}$

Author: Markov, N., Joo, K., Burkert, V. D., Mokeev, V. I., Smith, L. C., Ungaro, M., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Angelini, G., Atac, H., Avakian, H., Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Baltzell, N. A., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Biselli, A. S., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., Ciullo, G., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De~Vita, R., De~Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Ehrhart, M., El~Alaoui, A., El~Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Evans, C., Filippi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I . J . D., Marchand, D., Mascagna, V., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Nadel-Turonski, P., Nanda, S., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rowley, J., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., and Zachariou, N.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The exclusive electroproduction process $ep \rightarrow e'p'\pi^{0}$ was measured in the range of photon virtualities $Q^{2} = 0.4 - 1.0$~GeV$^{2}$ and the invariant mass range of the $p\pi^{0}$ system of $W = 1.1 - 1.8$~GeV. These kinematics are covered in exclusive $\pi^{0}$ electroproduction off the proton with nearly complete angular coverage in the $p\pi^{0}$ center-of-mass system and with high statistical accuracy. Nearly 36000 cross section points were measured, and the structure functions $\sigma_T+\epsilon\sigma_L$, $\sigma_{LT}$, and $\sigma_{TT}$, were extracted via fitting the $\phi_{\pi^{0}}$ dependence of the cross section. A Legendre polynomial expansion analysis demonstrates the sensitivity of our data to high-lying $N^*$ and $\Delta^{*}$ resonances with $M~>~1.6$ GeV. As part of a broad effort to determine the electrocouplings of the $N^{*}$ and $\Delta^{*}$ resonances using both single- and double-pion electroproduction, this dataset is crucial for the reliable extraction of the high-lying resonance electrocouplings from the combined isospin analysis of the $N \pi$ and $\pi^{+}\pi^{-} p$ channels., Comment: 21 pages, 24 figures
Published: 2019
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23. Exploring the Structure of the Bound Proton with Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering

Author: Hattawy, M., Baltzell, N. A., Dupré, R., Bültmann, S., De Vita, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Egiyan, H., Girod, F. X., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Jenkins, D., Liuti, S., Perrin, Y., Stepanyan, S., Torayev, B., Voutier, E., Adhikari, S., Angelini, Giovanni, Gayoso, C. Ayerbe, Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Bossù, F., Brooks, W., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Ehrhart, M., Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Garçon, M., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Harrison, N., Hauenstein, F., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Johnston, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, C. W., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Kabir, M. L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Montgomery, R. A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: In the past two decades, deeply virtual Compton scattering of electrons has been successfully used to advance our knowledge of the partonic structure of the free proton and investigate correlations between the transverse position and the longitudinal momentum of quarks inside the nucleon. Meanwhile, the structure of bound nucleons in nuclei has been studied in inclusive deep-inelastic lepton scattering experiments off nuclear targets, showing a significant difference in longitudinal momentum distribution of quarks inside the bound nucleon, known as the EMC effect. In this work, we report the first beam spin asymmetry (BSA) measurement of exclusive deeply virtual Compton scattering (DVCS) off a proton bound in $^4$He. The data used here were accumulated using a $6$ GeV longitudinally polarized electron beam incident on a pressurized $^4$He gaseous target placed within the CLAS spectrometer in Hall-B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The azimuthal angle ($\phi$) dependence of the BSA was studied in a wide range of virtual photon and scattered proton kinematics. The $Q^2$, $x_B$, and t dependencies of the BSA on the bound proton are compared with those on the free proton. In the whole kinematical region of our measurements, the BSA on the bound proton is smaller by 20\% to 40\%, indicating possible medium modification of its partonic structure.
Published: 2018
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24. First Measurements of the Double-Polarization Observables $F$, $P$, and $H$ in $\omega$ Photoproduction off Transversely Polarized Protons in the $N^\ast$ Resonance Region

Author: Roy, P., Park, S., Crede, V., Anisovich, A. V., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A. V., Wei, N. C., Huang, F., Nakayama, K., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Angelini, G., Avakian, H., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Duran, B., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joosten, S., Kabir, M. L., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Kunkel, M. C., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Paremuzyan, R., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Pierce, J., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Seely, M. L., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Torayev, B., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: First measurements of double-polarization observables in $\omega$ photoproduction off the proton are presented using transverse target polarization and data from the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) FROST experiment at Jefferson Lab. The beam-target asymmetry $F$ has been measured using circularly polarized, tagged photons in the energy range 1200 - 2700 MeV, and the beam-target asymmetries $H$ and $P$ have been measured using linearly polarized tagged photons in the energy range 1200 - 2000 MeV. These measurements significantly increase the database on polarization observables. The results are included in two partial-wave analyses and reveal significant contributions from several nucleon ($N^\ast$) resonances. In particular, contributions from new $N^\ast$ resonances listed in the Review of Particle Properties are observed, which aid in reaching the goal of mapping out the nucleon resonance spectrum., Comment: Two authors added, figures updated
Published: 2018
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25. Observation of a Be double-Lambda hypernucleus in the J-PARC E07 experiment

Author: Ekawa, H., Agari, K., Ahn, J. K., Akaishi, T., Akazawa, Y., Ashikaga, S., Bassalleck, B., Bleser, S., Endo, Y., Fujikawa, Y., Fujioka, N., Fujita, M., Goto, R., Han, Y., Hasegawa, S., Hashimoto, T., Hayakawa, S. H., Hayakawa, T., Hayata, E., Hicks, K., Hirose, E., Hirose, M., Honda, R., Hoshino, K., Hoshino, S., Hosomi, K., Hwang, S. H., Ichikawa, Y., Ichikawa, M., Ieiri, M., Imai, K., Inaba, K., Ishikawa, Y., Iskendir, A., Ito, H., Ito, K., Jung, W. S., Kanatsuki, S., Kanauchi, H., Kasagi, A., Kawai, T., Kim, M. H., Kim, S. H., Kinbara, S., Kiuchi, R., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, K., Koike, T., Koshikawa, A., Lee, J. Y., Lee, J. W., Ma, T. L., Matsumoto, S. Y., Minakawa, M., Miwa, K., Moe, A. T., Moon, T. J., Moritsu, M., Nagase, Y., Nakada, Y., Nakagawa, M., Nakashima, D., Nakazawa, K., Nanamura, T., Naruki, M., Nyaw, A. N. L., Ogura, Y., Ohashi, M., Oue, K., Ozawa, S., Pochodzalla, J., Ryu, S. Y., Sako, H., Sasaki, Y., Sato, S., Sato, Y., Schupp, F., Shirotori, K., Soe, M. M., Soe, M. K., Sohn, J. Y., Sugimura, H., Suzuki, K. N., Takahashi, H., Takahashi, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, T., Tamura, H., Tanida, K., Theint, A. M. M., Tint, K. T., Toyama, Y., Ukai, M., Umezaki, E., Watabe, T., Watanabe, K., Yamamoto, T. O., Yang, S. B., Yoon, C. S., Yoshida, J., Yoshimoto, M., Zhang, D. H., and Zhang, Z.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: A double-$\Lambda$ hypernucleus, ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}\mathrm{Be}$, was observed by the J-PARC E07 collaboration in nuclear emulsions tagged by the $(K^{-},K^{+})$ reaction. This event was interpreted as a production and decay of $ {}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\;10}\mathrm{Be}$, ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\;11}\mathrm{Be}$, or ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\;12}\mathrm{Be}^{*}$ via $\Xi^{-}$ capture in ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}$. By assuming the capture in the atomic 3D state, the binding energy of two $\Lambda$ hyperons$\,$($B_{\Lambda\Lambda}$) of these double-$\Lambda$ hypernuclei are obtained to be $15.05 \pm 0.11\,\mathrm{MeV}$, $19.07 \pm 0.11\,\mathrm{MeV}$, and $13.68 \pm 0.11\,\mathrm{MeV}$, respectively. Based on the kinematic fitting, ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\;11}\mathrm{Be}$ is the most likely explanation for the observed event., Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2018
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26. Study of Xi Photoproduction from Threshold to W = 3.3 GeV

Author: Goetz, J. T., Hicks, K., Kunkel, M. C., Price, J. W., Weygand, D. P., and Collaboration, the CLAS
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The doubly-strange Xi baryons provide an effective way to study a puzzle called the missing-baryons problem, where both quark models and lattice gauge theory predict more baryon excited states than are seen experimentally. However, few of these excited states have been observed with any certainty. Here, high-mass Xi states have been searched for in photoproduction with the CLAS detector, and upper limits for the total cross sections have been established from threshold to W = 3.3 GeV. In addition, the total cross sections of the ground state Xi(1320) and first excited state Xi(1530) are presented, extending significantly the center-of-mass energy range of previous data., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PRC rapid communications
Published: 2018
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27. First results on nucleon resonance photocouplings from the $\gamma p \to \pi^+\pi^-p$ reaction

Author: CLAS Collaboration, Golovatch, E., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Gothe, R. W., Hicks, K., Ishkhanov, B. S., Mokeev, V. I., Pasyuk, E., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Cao, F., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Tyler, N., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the first experimental measurements of the nine 1-fold differential cross sections for the $\gamma p \to \pi^+\pi^-p$ reaction, obtained with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. The measurements cover the invariant mass range of the final state hadrons from 1.6~GeV~$
Published: 2018
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28. Beam-Target Helicity Asymmetry $E$ in $K^{0}\Lambda$ and $K^{0}\Sigma^0$ Photoproduction on the Neutron

Author: CLAS Collaboration, Ho, D. H., Schumacher, R. A., D'Angelo, A., Deur, A., Fleming, J., Hanretty, C., Kageya, T., Klein, F. J., Klempt, E., Lowry, M. M., Lu, H., Nikonov, V. A., Peng, P., Sandorfi, A. M., Sarantsev, A. V., Strakovsky, I. I., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Workman, R. L., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Ball, J., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Bass, C. D., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Boiarinov, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Chatagnon, P., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Cole, P., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Diehl, S., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S., Kabir, M. L., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Kubarovsky, V., Laine, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I . J . D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O'Connell, T., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Rehfuss, M., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wang, R., Watts, D. P., Weinstein, L. B., Whisnant, C. S., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the first measurements of the $E$ beam-target helicity asymmetry for the $\vec{\gamma} \vec{n} \to K^{0}\Lambda$, and $K^{0}\Sigma^{0}$ channels in the energy range 1.70$\leq W\leq$2.34 GeV. The CLAS system at Jefferson Lab uses a circularly polarized photon beam and a target consisting of longitudinally polarized solid molecular hydrogen deuteride with low background contamination for the measurements. The multivariate analysis method boosted decision trees was used to isolate the reactions of interest. Comparisons with predictions from the KaonMAID, SAID, and Bonn-Gatchina models are presented. These results will help separate the isospin $I=0$ and $I=1$ photo-coupling transition amplitudes in pseudoscalar meson photoproduction., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures; Revised to match published version
Published: 2018
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29. Measurements of the $\gamma_{v} p \rightarrow p' \pi^{+} \pi^{-}$ cross section with the CLAS detector for $0.4$ GeV$^{2}$ $< Q^{2} <$ $1.0$ GeV$^{2}$ and $1.3$ GeV $< W <$ $1.825$ GeV

Author: Fedotov, G. V., Skorodumina, Iu. A., Burkert, V. D., Gothe, R. W., Hicks, K., Mokeev, V. I., and Collaboration, the CLAS
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: New results on the single-differential and fully-integrated cross sections for the process $\gamma_{v} p \rightarrow p' \pi^{+} \pi^{-}$ are presented. The experimental data were collected with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. Measurements were carried out in the kinematic region of the reaction invariant mass $W$ from 1.3 to 1.825 GeV and the photon virtuality $Q^2$ from 0.4 to 1.0 GeV$^2$. The cross sections were obtained in narrow $Q^{2}$ bins (0.05 GeV$^{2}$) with the smallest statistical uncertainties achieved in double-pion electroproduction experiments to date. The results were found to be in agreement with previously available data where they overlap. A preliminary interpretation of the extracted cross sections, which was based on a phenomenological meson-baryon reaction model, revealed substantial relative contributions from nucleon resonances. The data offer promising prospects to improve knowledge on the $Q^{2}$-evolution of the electrocouplings of most resonances with masses up to $\sim$1.8 GeV., Comment: 22 pages, 22 figures, will be sent to Phys. Rev. C
Published: 2018
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30. Differential Cross Section for $\gamma d \rightarrow \omega d$ using CLAS at Jefferson Lab

Author: Chetry, T., Hicks, K., Compton, N., and Sargsian, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The cross section for coherent $\omega$-meson photoproduction off the deuteron has been measured for the first time as a function of the momentum transfer $t = (P_{\gamma}-P_{\omega})^2$ and photon energy $E_{\gamma}$ using the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The cross sections are measured in the energy range $1.4 < E_{\gamma} < 3.4$ GeV. A model based on $\omega-N$ rescattering is consistent with the data at low and intermediate momentum transfer, $|t|$. For $2.8 < E_{\gamma} < 3.4$ GeV, the total cross-section of $\omega-N$ scattering, based on fits within the framework of the Vector Meson Dominance model, is in the range of 30-40 mb., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2018
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31. Differential cross section and photon-beam asymmetry for the gamma p -> pi- Delta++(1232) reaction at forward pi- angles for Egamma=1.5-2.95 GeV

Author: Kohri, H., Shiu, S. H., Chang, W. C., Yanai, Y., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Chen, J. Y., Date, S., Ejiri, H., Fujimura, H., Fujiwara, M., Fukui, S., Gohn, W., Hicks, K., Hosaka, A., Hotta, T., Hwang, S. H., Imai, K., Ishikawa, T., Joo, K., Kato, Y., Kon, Y., Lee, H. S., Maeda, Y., Mibe, T., Miyabe, M., Morino, Y., Muramatsu, N., Nakano, T., Nakatsugawa, Y., Nam, S. i., Niiyama, M., Noumi, H., Ohashi, Y., Ohta, T., Oka, M., Parker, J. D., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, R. Y., Sawada, T., Shimizu, H., Strokovsky, E. A., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Tsunemi, T., Uchida, M., Ungaro, M., Wang, S. Y., and Yosoi, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries for the gamma p -> pi- Delta++(1232) reaction have been measured for 0.7
Published: 2018
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32. Double $K_S^0$ Photoproduction off the Proton at CLAS

Author: Chandavar, S., Goetz, J. T., Hicks, K., Keller, D., Kunkel, M. C., Paolone, M., Weygand, D. P., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Johnston, S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Kabir, M. L., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Sokhan, D., Smith, G. D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Ungaro, M., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The $f_0$(1500) meson resonance is one of several contenders to have significant mixing with the lightest glueball. This resonance is well established from several previous experiments. Here we present the first photoproduction data for the $f_0$(1500) via decay into the $K_S^0 K_S^0$ channel using the CLAS detector. The reaction $\gamma p$ -> $f_0 p$ -> $K_S^0 K_S^0 p$, where J = 0, 2, was measured with photon energies from 2.7 to 5.1 GeV. A clear peak is seen at 1500 MeV in the background subtracted invariant mass spectra of the two kaons. This is enhanced if the measured 4-momentum transfer to the proton target is restricted to be less than 1.0 GeV2. By comparing data with simulations, it can be concluded that the peak at 1500 MeV is produced primarily at low t, which is consistent with a t-channel production mechanism., Comment: 12 pages, 12 figures
Published: 2017
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33. Dark matter search in a Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX) at Jefferson Lab: an update on PR12-16-001

Author: Battaglieri, M., Bersani, A., Bracco, G., Caiffi, B., Celentano, A., De Vita, R., Marsicano, L., Musico, P., Osipenko, M., Panza, F., Ripani, M., Santopinto, E., Taiuti, M., Bellini, V., Bondi', M., Castorina, P., De Napoli, M., Italiano, A., Kuznetzov, V., Leonora, E., Mammoliti, F., Randazzo, N., Re, L., Russo, G., Russo, M., Shahinyan, A., Sperduto, M., Spinali, S., Sutera, C., Tortorici, F., Baltzell, N., Dalton, M., Freyberger, A., Girod, F. -X., Kharashvili, G., Kubarovsky, V., Pasyuk, E., Smith, E. S., Stepanyan, S., Ungaro, M., Whitlatch, T., Izaguirre, E., Krnjaic, G., Snowden-Ifft, D., Loomba, D., Carpinelli, M., D'Urso, D., Gabrieli, A., Maccioni, G., Sant, M., Sipala, V., Ameli, F., Cisbani, E., De Persio, F., Del Dotto, A., Garibaldi, F., Meddi, F., Nicolau, C. A., Urciuoli, G. M., Chiarusi, T., Manzali, M., Pellegrino, C., Schuster, P., Toro, N., Essig, R., Wood, M. H., Paremuzyan, M. Holtrop. R., De Cataldo, G., De Leo, R., Di Bari, D., Lagamba, L., Nappi, E., Perrino, R., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., Drago, A., Lenisa, P., Movsisyan, A., Pappalardo, L., Spizzo, F., Turisini, M., Hasch, D., Lucherini, V., Mirazita, M., Pisano, S., Rossi, P., Tomassini, S., Simi, G., D'Angelo, A., Lanza, L., Rizzo, A., Schaerf, C., Zonta, I., Filippi, A., Genovese, M., Fegan, S., Kunkel, M., Bashkanov, M., Murphy, A., Smith, G., Watts, D., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Glazier, D., Ireland, D., McKinnon, B., Sokhan, D., Colaneri, L., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Afanasev, A., Briscoe, B., Strakovsky, I., Kalantarians, N., Weinstein, L., Adhikari, K. P., Dunne, J. A., Dutta, D., Fassi, L. El, Ye, L., Hicks, K., Cole, P., Dobbs, S., Fanelli, C., and Murthy, P. T. M.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This document is an update to the proposal PR12-16-001 Dark matter search in a Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX) at Jefferson Lab submitted to JLab-PAC44 in 2016 reporting progress in addressing questions raised regarding the beam-on backgrounds. The concerns are addressed by adopting a new simulation tool, FLUKA, and planning measurements of muon fluxes from the dump with its existing shielding around the dump. First, we have implemented the detailed BDX experimental geometry into a FLUKA simulation, in consultation with experts from the JLab Radiation Control Group. The FLUKA simulation has been compared directly to our GEANT4 simulations and shown to agree in regions of validity. The FLUKA interaction package, with a tuned set of biasing weights, is naturally able to generate reliable particle distributions with very small probabilities and therefore predict rates at the detector location beyond the planned shielding around the beam dump. Second, we have developed a plan to conduct measurements of the muon ux from the Hall-A dump in its current configuration to validate our simulations., Comment: Document submitted to JLab PAC 45
Published: 2017

34. Photoproduction of $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma^{0}$ hyperons off protons with linearly polarized photons at $E_{\gamma} = 1.5-3.0$ GeV

Author: Shiu, S. H., Kohri, H., Chang, W. C., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Chen, J. Y., Date, S., Ejiri, H., Fujimura, H., Fujiwara, M., Fukui, S., Gohn, W., Hicks, K., Hotta, T., Hwang, S. H., Imai, K., Ishikawa, T., Joo, K., Kato, Y., Kon, Y., Lee, H. S., Maeda, Y., Mibe, T., Miyabe, M., Mizutani, K., Morino, Y., Muramatsu, N., Nakano, T., Nakatsugawa, Y., Niiyama, M., Noumi, H., Ohashi, Y., Ohta, T., Oka, M., Parker, J. D., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Sawada, T., Shimizu, H., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Tsunemi, T., Uchida, M., Ungaro, M., and Yosoi, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract: We report the measurement of the $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Lambda$ and $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Sigma^{0}$ reactions at SPring-8. The differential cross sections and photon-beam asymmetries are measured at forward $K^{+}$ production angles using linearly polarized tagged-photon beams in the range of $E_{\gamma}=1.5$--3.0 GeV. With increasing photon energy, the cross sections for both $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Lambda$ and $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+}\Sigma^{0}$ reactions decrease slowly. Distinct narrow structures in the production cross section have not been found at $E_{\gamma}=1.5$--3.0 GeV. The forward peaking in the angular distributions of cross sections, a characteristic feature of $t$-channel exchange, is observed for the production of $\Lambda$ in the whole observed energy range. A lack of similar feature for $\Sigma^{0}$ production reflects a less dominant role of $t$-channel contribution in this channel. The photon-beam asymmetries remain positive for both reactions, suggesting the dominance of $K^{*}$ exchange in the $t$ channel. These asymmetries increase gradually with the photon energy, and have a maximum value of +0.6 for both reactions. Comparison with theoretical predictions based on the Regge trajectory in the $t$ channel and the contributions of nucleon resonances indicates the major role of $t$-channel contributions as well as non-negligible effects of nucleon resonances in accounting for the reaction mechanism of hyperon photoproduction in this photon energy regime., Comment: published version, two-column format, 10 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2017
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35. Measurement of the beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ and the target asymmetry $T$ in the photoproduction of $\omega$ mesons off the proton using CLAS at Jefferson Laboratory

Author: Roy, P., Akbar, Z., Park, S., Crede, V., Anisovich, A. V., Denisenko, I., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A. V., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Balossino, I., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clary, B. A., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Gevorgyan, N., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, E., Phelps, W., Pierce, J. J., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The photoproduction of $\omega$ mesons off the proton has been studied in the reaction $\gamma p\to p\,\omega$ using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) and the frozen-spin target (FROST) in Hall B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. For the first time, the target asymmetry, $T$, has been measured in photoproduction from the decay $\omega\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$, using a transversely-polarized target with energies ranging from just above the reaction threshold up to 2.8 GeV. Significant non-zero values are observed for these asymmetries, reaching about 30-40% in the third-resonance region. New measurements for the photon-beam asymmetry, $\Sigma$, are also presented, which agree well with previous CLAS results and extend the world database up to 2.1 GeV. These data and additional $\omega$-photoproduction observables from CLAS were included in a partial-wave analysis within the Bonn-Gatchina framework. Significant contributions from $s$-channel resonance production were found in addition to $t$-channel exchange processes., Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures, author list and references updated
Published: 2017
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36. Measurement of the Q^2 Dependence of the Deuteron Spin Structure Function g_1 and its Moments at Low Q^2 with CLAS

Author: Adhikari, K. P., Deur, A., Fassi, L. El, Kang, H., Kuhn, S. E., Ripani, M., Slifer, K., Zheng, X., Adhikari, S., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Barion, L., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Bosted, P., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Bueltmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F. Thanh, Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chen, J. -P., Chetry, T., Choi, S., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Djalali, C., Dodge, G. E., Drozdov, V., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Johnston, S. C., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Kabir, M. L., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Konczykowski, P., Kovacs, K., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Long, E., MacGregor, I . J . D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niculescu, G., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Payette, D., Phelps, W., Phillips, S. K., Pierce, J., Pogorelko, O., Poudel, J., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shigeyuki, T., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sparveris, N., Sokhan, D., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Sulkosky, V., Taiuti, M., Tan, J. A., Ungaro, M., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zhang, J., and Zhao., Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We measured the $g_1$ spin structure function of the deuteron at low $Q^{2}$, where QCD can be approximated with chiral perturbation theory ($\chi$PT). The data cover the resonance region, up to an invariant mass of $W\approx1.9$~GeV. The generalized Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn sum, the moment $\bar{\Gamma}_{1}^{d}$ and the integral $\bar{I}_\gamma^d$ related to the spin polarizability $\gamma_{0}^{d}$ are precisely determined down to a minimum $Q^2$ of 0.02~GeV$^2$ for the first time, about 2.5 times lower than that of previous data. We compare them to several $\chi$PT calculations and models. These results are the first in a program of benchmark measurements of polarization observables in the $\chi$PT domain., Comment: Version 1: version published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 6 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary material: data table for g1d and its moments (10 pages) V2: Figures labels changed and text slightly modified to clarify the exact nature of the measured moments V3: Corrected a typo page 5 for the theoretical value expected for deuteron GDH sum rule (agreement between measurement and expectation is improved)
Published: 2017
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37. First measurement of coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction from helium-4 near threshold

Author: LEPS Collaboration, Hiraiwa, T., Yosoi, M., Niiyama, M., Morino, Y., Nakatsugawa, Y., Sumihama, M., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Chang, W. C., Chen, J. Y., Daté, S., Fujimura, H., Fukui, S., Hicks, K., Hotta, T., Hwang, S. H., Ishikawa, T., Kato, Y., Kawai, H., Kohri, H., Kon, Y., Lin, P. J., Maeda, Y., Miyabe, M., Mizutani, K., Muramatsu, N., Nakano, T., Nozawa, Y., Ohashi, Y., Ohta, T., Oka, M., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Saito, T., Sawada, T., Shimizu, H., Strokovsky, E. A., Sugaya, Y., Suzuki, K., Tokiyasu, A. O., Tomioka, T., Tsunemi, T., Uchida, M., and Yorita, T.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The differential cross sections and decay angular distributions for coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction from helium-4 have been measured for the first time at forward angles with linearly polarized photons in the energy range $E_{\gamma} = \text{1.685-2.385 GeV}$. Thanks to the target with spin-parity $J^{P} = 0^{+}$, unnatural-parity exchanges are prohibited, and thus natural-parity exchanges can be investigated clearly. The decay asymmetry with respect to photon polarization is shown to be very close to the maximal value. This ensures the dominance ($> 94\%$) of natural-parity exchanges in this reaction. To evaluate the contribution from natural-parity exchanges to the forward cross section ($\theta = 0^\circ$) for the $\gamma p \rightarrow \phi p$ reaction near the threshold, the energy dependence of the forward cross section ($\theta = 0^\circ$) for the $\gamma {^{4}\text{He}} \rightarrow \phi {^{4}\text{He}}$ reaction was analyzed. The comparison to $\gamma p \rightarrow \phi p$ data suggests that enhancement of the forward cross section arising from natural-parity exchanges, and/or destructive interference between natural-parity and unnatural-parity exchanges is needed in the $\gamma p \rightarrow \phi p$ reaction near the threshold., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures
Published: 2017
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38. $\phi$ photoproduction on the proton at $E_{\gamma}$ = 1.5 - 2.9 GeV

Author: Mizutani, K., Niiyama, M., Nakano, T., Yosoi, M., Nozawa, Y., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Chang, W. C., Chen, J. Y., Daté, S., Gohn, W., Hamano, H., Hashimoto, T., Hicks, K., Hiraiwa, T., Hotta, T., Hwang, S. H., Ishikawa, T., Joo, K., Jung, W. S., Kato, Y., Katsuragawa, H., Kim, M. H., Kim, S. H., Kohri, H., Kon, Y., Lee, H. S., Maeda, Y., Matsumura, Y., Mibe, T., Miyabe, M., Morino, Y., Muramatsu, N., Nakatsugawa, Y., Noumi, H., Ohashi, Y., Ohta, T., Oka, M., Park, J. B., Parker, J. D., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Sada, Y., Sawada, T., Shibukawa, T., Shiu, S. H., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Tanaka, S., Tokiyasu, A. O., Tomida, N., Tran, H. N., Tsunemi, T., Uchida, M., Ungaro, M., and Yanai, Y.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Differential cross sections at $t=t_{\text{min}}$ and decay asymmetries for the $\gamma p\rightarrow\phi p$ reaction have been measured using linearly polarized photons in the range 1.5 to 2.9 GeV. These cross sections were used to determine the Pomeron strength factor. The cross sections and decay asymmetries are consistently described by the $t$-channel Pomeron and pseudoscalar exchange model in the $E_{\gamma}$ region above 2.37 GeV. In the lower energy region, an excess over the model prediction is observed in the energy dependence of the differential cross sections at $t=t_{\text{min}}$. This observation suggests that additional processes or interference effects between Pomeron exchange and other processes appear near the threshold region., Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2017
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39. Semi-Inclusive $\pi_0$ target and beam-target asymmetries from 6 GeV electron scattering with CLAS

Author: Jawalkar, S., Koirala, S., Avakian, H., Bosted, P., Griffioen, K. A., Keith, C., Kuhn, S. E., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Bultmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, Frank Thanh, Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Ddoge, G., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Garcon, M., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I . J . D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, E., Phelps, W., Pierce, J., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: We present precision measurements of the target and beam-target spin asymmetries from neutral pion electroproduction in deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. We scattered 6-GeV, longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons in a cryogenic $^{14}$NH$_3$ target, and extracted double and single target spin asymmetries for $ep\rightarrow e^\prime\pi^0X$ in multidimensional bins in four-momentum transfer ($1.0
Published: 2017
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40. Differential cross section and photon beam asymmetry for the gamma p -> pi+ n reaction at forward pi+ angles at Egamma=1.5-2.95 GeV

Author: Kohri, H., Wang, S. Y., Shiu, S. H., Chang, W. C., Yanai, Y., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Chen, J. Y., Date, S., Ejiri, H., Fujimura, H., Fujiwara, M., Fukui, S., Gohn, W., Hicks, K., Hosaka, A., Hotta, T., Hwang, S. H., Imai, K., Ishikawa, T., Joo, K., Kato, Y., Kim, S. H., Kon, Y., Lee, H. S., Maeda, Y., Mibe, T., Miyabe, M., Morino, Y., Muramatsu, N., Nakano, T., Nakatsugawa, Y., Niiyama, M., Noumi, H., Oh, Y., Ohashi, Y., Ohta, T., Oka, M., Parker, J. D., Rangacharyulu, C., Ryu, S. Y., Sawada, T., Shimizu, H., Sugaya, Y., Sumihama, M., Tsunemi, T., Uchida, M., Ungaro, M., and Yosoi, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries for the gamma p -> pi+ n reaction have been measured for 0.6
Published: 2017
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41. Measurement of the helicity asymmetry $E$ in $\omega\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$ photoproduction

Author: Akbar, Z., Roy, P., Park, S., Crede, V., Anisovich, A. V., Denisenko, I., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A. V., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Ball, J., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brock, J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, F. T., Carlin, C., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Garcon, M., Gevorgyan, N., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovach, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Joosten, S., Keith, C. D., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meekins, D. G., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The double-polarization observable $E$ was studied for the reaction $\gamma p\to p\omega$ using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) in Hall B at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the longitudinally-polarized frozen-spin target (FROST). The observable was measured from the charged decay mode of the meson, $\omega\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0$, using a circularly-polarized tagged-photon beam with energies ranging from the $\omega$ threshold at 1.1 to 2.3 GeV. A partial-wave analysis within the Bonn-Gatchina framework found dominant contributions from the $3/2^+$ partial wave near threshold, which is identified with the sub-threshold $N(1720)\,3/2^+$ nucleon resonance. To describe the entire data set, which consisted of $\omega$ differential cross sections and a large variety of polarization observables, further contributions from other nucleon resonances were found to be necessary. With respect to non-resonant mechanisms, $\pi$ exchange in the $t$-channel was found to remain small across the analyzed energy range, while pomeron $t$-channel exchange gradually grew from the reaction threshold to dominate all other contributions above $W \approx 2$ GeV., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2017
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42. First Exclusive Measurement of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering off $^4$He: Toward the 3D Tomography of Nuclei

Author: Hattawy, M., Baltzell, N. A., Dupré, R., Hafidi, K., Stepanyan, S., Bültmann, S., De Vita, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Egiyan, H., Girod, F. X., Guidal, M., Jenkins, D., Liuti, S., Perrin, Y., Torayev, B., Voutier, E., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Armstrong, Whitney R., Avakian, H., Ball, J., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, Frank Thanh, Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Garçon, M., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jiang, H., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I . J . D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Moutarde, H., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zana, L., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We report on the first measurement of the beam-spin asymmetry in the exclusive process of coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering off a nucleus. The experiment used the 6 GeV electron beam from the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab incident on a pressurized $^4$He gaseous target placed in front of the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS). The scattered electron was detected by CLAS and the photon by a dedicated electromagnetic calorimeter at forward angles. To ensure the exclusivity of the process, a specially designed radial time projection chamber was used to detect the recoiling $^4$He nuclei. We measured beam-spin asymmetries larger than those observed on the free proton in the same kinematic domain. From these, we were able to extract, in a model-independent way, the real and imaginary parts of the only $^4$He Compton form factor, $\cal H_A$. This first measurement of coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering on the $^4$He nucleus, with a fully exclusive final state via nuclear recoil tagging, leads the way toward 3D imaging of the partonic structure of nuclei.
Published: 2017
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43. Measurement of the Differential and Total Cross Sections of the ${\gamma}d \to K^0 {\Lambda} (p)$ Reaction within the Resonance Region

Author: Compton, N., Taylor, C. E., Hicks, K., Cole, P., Zachariou, N., Ilieva, Y., Nadel-Turonski, P., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A. V., and Collaboration, the CLAS
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the first measurement of differential and total cross sections for the ${\gamma}d \to K^0{\Lambda}(p)$ reaction, using data from the CLAS detector at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. Data collected during two separate experimental runs were studied with photon-energy coverage 0.8 - 3.6 GeV and 0.5 - 2.6 GeV, respectively. The two measurements are consistent giving confidence in the method and determination of systematic uncertainties. The cross sections are compared with predictions from the KAON-MAID theoretical model (without kaon exchange), which deviate from the data at higher W and at forward kaon angles. These data, along with previously published cross sections for $K^+ {\Lambda}$ photoproduction, provide essential constraints on the nucleon resonance spectrum. A first partial wave analysis has been performed that describes the data without the introduction of new resonances., Comment: 18 pages, 16 figures and data table
Published: 2017
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44. Photon beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ in the reaction $\vec{\gamma} p \to p \omega$ for $E_\gamma$ = 1.152 to 1.876 GeV

Author: CLAS Collaboration, Collins, P., Ritchie, B. G., Dugger, M., Klein, F. J., Anisovich, A. V., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Sarantsev, A., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, Frank Thanh, Cao, T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gleason, C., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Munevar, E., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Photon beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ measurements for $\omega$ photoproduction in the reaction $\vec{\gamma} p \to \omega p$ are reported for photon energies from 1.152 to 1.876 GeV. Data were taken using a linearly-polarized tagged photon beam, a cryogenic hydrogen target, and the CLAS spectrometer in Hall B at Jefferson Lab. The measurements obtained markedly increase the size of the database for this observable, extend coverage to higher energies, and resolve discrepancies in previously published data. Comparisons of these new results with predictions from a chiral-quark-based model and from a dynamical coupled-channels model indicate the importance of interferences between $t$-channel meson exchange and $s$- and $u$-channel contributions, underscoring sensitivity to the nucleon resonances included in those descriptions. Comparisons with the Bonn-Gatchina partial-wave analysis indicate the $\Sigma$ data reported here help to fix the magnitudes of the interference terms between the leading amplitudes in that calculation (Pomeron exchange and the resonant portion of the $J^P=3/2^+$ partial wave), as well as the resonant portions of the smaller partial waves with $J^P$= $1/2^-$, $3/2^-$, and $5/2^+$., Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2017
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45. Differential Cross Section Measurements for $\gamma n\to\pi^-p$ Above the First Nucleon Resonance Region

Author: Mattione, P. T., Carman, D. S., Strakovsky, I. I., Workman, R. L., Kudryavtsev, A. E., Svarc, A., Tarasov, V. E., Adhikari, K. P., Adhikari, S., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Burkert, V. D., Cao, T., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dugger, M., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Fradi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Meziani, Z. E., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Simonyan, A., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D, Wei, X., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The quasi-free $\gamma d\to\pi^{-}p(p)$ differential cross section has been measured with CLAS at photon beam energies $E_\gamma$ from 0.445 GeV to 2.510 GeV (corresponding to $W$ from 1.311 GeV to 2.366 GeV) for pion center-of-mass angles $\cos\theta_\pi^{c.m.}$ from -0.72 to 0.92. A correction for final state interactions has been applied to this data to extract the $\gamma n\to\pi^-p$ differential cross sections. These cross sections are quoted in 8428 $(E_\gamma,\cos\theta_\pi^{c.m.})$ bins, a factor of nearly three increase in the world statistics for this channel in this kinematic range. These new data help to constrain coupled-channel analysis fits used to disentangle the spectrum of $N^*$ resonances and extract their properties. Selected photon decay amplitudes $N^* \to \gamma n$ at the resonance poles are determined for the first time and are reported here.
Published: 2017
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46. The Beam-Target Helicity Asymmetry for $\vec{\gamma} \vec{n} \rightarrow \pi^- p$ in the {\bf{$N^*$} Resonance Region

Author: Ho, D., Peng, P., Bass, C., Collins, P., D'Angelo, A., Deur, A., Fleming, J., Hanretty, C., Kageya, T., Khandaker, M., Klein, F. J., Klempt, E., Laine, V., Lowry, M. M., Lu, H., Nepali, C., Nikonov, V. A., O'Connell, T., Sandorfi, A. M., Sarantsev, A. V., Schumacher, R. A., Strakovsky, I. I., Švarc, A., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Whisnant, C. S., Workman, R. L., Zonta, I., Adhikari, K. P., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Ball, J., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Bedlinskiy, I., Briscoe, W. J., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., Dashyan, N., De Sanctis, E., De Vita, R., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gleason, C., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hakobyan, H., Harrison, N., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I . J . D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Procureur, S., Protopopescu, D., Ripani, M., Riser, D., Ritchie, B. G., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sober, D. I., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Strauch, S., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Watts, D. P., Wood, M. H., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zhao, Z. W.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the first beam-target double-polarization asymmetries in the $\gamma + n(p) \rightarrow \pi^- + p(p)$ reaction spanning the nucleon resonance region from invariant mass $W$= $1500$ to $2300$ MeV. Circularly polarized photons and longitudinally polarized deuterons in $H\!D$ have been used with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. The exclusive final state has been extracted using three very different analyses that show excellent agreement, and these have been used to deduce the {\it{E}} polarization observable for an effective neutron target. These results have been incorporated into new partial wave analyses, and have led to significant revisions for several $\gamma nN^*$ resonance photo-couplings., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures; Physical Review Letters - in press
Published: 2017

47. Measurements of $e p \to e' \pi^+ \pi^- p'$ Cross Sections with CLAS at $1.40 < W < 2.0$ GeV and $2.0 < Q^2 < 5.0$ GeV$^2$

Author: Isupov, E. L., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Gothe, R. W., Hicks, K., Ishkhanov, B. S., Mokeev, V. I., and Collaboration, the CLAS
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: This paper reports new exclusive cross sections for $e p \to e' \pi^+ \pi^- p'$ using the CLAS detector at Jefferson Laboratory. These results are presented for the first time at photon virtualities 2.0 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 5.0 GeV^2 in the center-of-mass energy range 1.4 GeV < W < 2.0 GeV, which covers a large part of the nucleon resonance region. Using a model developed for the phenomenological analysis of electroproduction data, we see strong indications that the relative contributions from the resonant cross sections at W < 1.74 GeV increase with $Q^2$. These data considerably extend the kinematic reach of previous measurements. Exclusive $e p \to e' \pi^+ \pi^- p'$ cross section measurements are of particular importance for the extraction of resonance electrocouplings in the mass range above 1.6 GeV., Comment: 21 pages, 18 figures
Published: 2017
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48. Exclusive $\eta$ electroproduction at $W>2$ GeV with CLAS and transversity generalized parton distributions

Author: CLAS Collaboration, Bedlinskiy, I., Kubarovsky, V., Stoler, P., Adhikari, K. P., Akbar, Z., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Ball, J., Baltzell, N. A., Battaglieri, M., Batourine, V., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Burkert, V. D., Cao, T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Garçon, M., Gevorgyan, N., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Gleason, C., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Hicks, K., Hughes, S. M., Hyde, C. E., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, F. J., Kuhn, S. E., Kuleshov, S. V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meziani, Z. E., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A., Camacho, C. Munoz, Nadel-Turonski, P., Net, L. A., Ni, A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Peng, P., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Saini, M. S., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Turisini, M., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Wood, M. H., Yurov, M., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., and Zonta, I.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract: The cross section of the exclusive $\eta$ electroproduction reaction $ep\to e^\prime p^\prime \eta$ was measured at Jefferson Lab with a 5.75-GeV electron beam and the CLAS detector. Differential cross sections $d^4\sigma/dtdQ^2dx_Bd\phi_\eta$ and structure functions $\sigma_U = \sigma_T+\epsilon\sigma_L, \sigma_{TT}$ and $\sigma_{LT}$, as functions of $t$ were obtained over a wide range of $Q^2$ and $x_B$. The $\eta$ structure functions are compared with those previously measured for $\pi^0$ at the same kinematics. At low $t$, both $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ are described reasonably well by generalized parton distributions (GPDs) in which chiral-odd transversity GPDs are dominant. The $\pi^0$ and $\eta$ data, when taken together, can facilitate the flavor decomposition of the transversity GPDs., Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures
Published: 2017
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49. Photon beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ photoproduction from the proton

Author: Collins, P., Ritchie, B. G., Dugger, M., Anisovich, A. V., Döring, M., Klempt, E., Nikonov, V. A., Rönchen, D., Sadasivan, D., Sarantsev, A., Adhikaria, K. P., Akbar, Z., Amaryana, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakiana, H., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Bashkanova, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Bisellik, A. S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Burkert, V. D., Cao, Frank Thanh, Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Compton, N., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Giovanetti, K. L., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gleason, C., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Ishkhanov, B. S., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joosten, S., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khachatryan, M., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Kim, W., Klein, A., Klein, F. J., Kubarovsky, V., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., McKinnon, B., Meyer, C. A., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Niculescu, I., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Salgado, C., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stepanyan, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Wei, X., Zachariou, N., and Zhang, J.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Measurements of the linearly-polarized photon beam asymmetry $\Sigma$ for photoproduction from the proton of $\eta$ and $\eta^\prime$ mesons are reported. A linearly-polarized tagged photon beam produced by coherent bremsstrahlung was incident on a cryogenic hydrogen target within the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer. Results are presented for the $\gamma p \to \eta p$ reaction for incident photon energies from 1.070 to 1.876 GeV, and from 1.516 to 1.836 GeV for the $\gamma p \to \eta^\prime p$ reaction. For $\gamma p \to \eta p$, the data reported here considerably extend the range of measurements to higher energies, and are consistent with the few previously published measurements for this observable near threshold. For $\gamma p \to \eta^\prime p$, the results obtained are consistent with the few previously published measurements for this observable near threshold, but also greatly expand the incident photon energy coverage for that reaction. Initial analysis of the data reported here with the Bonn-Gatchina model strengthens the evidence for four nucleon resonances -- the $N(1895)1/2^-$, $N(1900)3/2^+$, $N(2100)1/2^+$ and $N(2120)3/2^-$ resonances -- which presently lack the "four-star" status in the current Particle Data Group compilation, providing examples of how these new measurements help refine models of the photoproduction process., Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2017
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50. Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive pion electroproduction for $Q^2>1$ GeV$^2$. II. $e p \rightarrow e \pi^0 p$

Author: Bosted, P. E., Kim, A., Adhikari, K. P., Adikaram, D., Akbar, Z., Amaryan, M. J., Pereira, S. Anefalos, Avakian, H., Badui, R. A., Ball, J., Balossino, I., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Biselli, A. S., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bültmann, S., Burkert, V. D., Cao, T., Carman, D. S., Celentano, A., Chandavar, S., Charles, G., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Colaneri, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Cortes, O., Crede, V., D'Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., De Sanctis, E., Deur, A., Djalali, C., Dupre, R., Egiyan, H., Alaoui, A. El, Fassi, L. El, Elouadrhiri, L., Eugenio, P., Fanchini, E., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fleming, J. A., Forest, T. A., Fradi, A., Ghandilyan, Y., Gilfoyle, G. P., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Gohn, W., Golovatch, E., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K. A., Guidal, M., Guler, N., Hakobyan, H., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hanretty, C., Harrison, N., Hattawy, M., Heddle, D., Hicks, K., Hollis, G., Holtrop, M., Hughes, S. M., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jiang, H., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khachatryan, G., Khandaker, M., Kim, W., Klei, A., Klein, F. J., Koirala, S., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., Lu, H. Y., MacGregor, I. J. D., Markov, N., Mayer, M., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V. I., Montgomery, R. A., Movsisyan, A, Camacho, C. Munoz, Murdoch, G., Nadel-Turonski, P., Ni, A., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Paolone, M., Paremuzyan, R., Park, K., Pasyuk, E., Phelps, W., Pisano, S., Pogorelko, O., Price, J. W., Prok, Y., Protopopescu, D., Puckett, A. J. R., Raue, B. A., Ripani, M., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Rossi, P., Roy, P., Sabatié, F., Saini, M. S., Schumacher, R. A., Seder, E., Sharabian, Y. G., Skorodumina, Iu., Smith, G. D., Sokhan, D., Sparveris, N., Stankovic, I., Stepanyan, S., Stoler, P., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Taiuti, M., Tian, Ye, Torayev, B., Ungaro, M., Voskanyan, H., Voutier, E., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Wei, X., Weinstein, L. B., Zachariou, N., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and Zonta, I.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries were measured for the exclusive $\pi^0$ electroproduction reaction $\gamma^* p \to p \pi^0$, expanding an analysis of the $\gamma^* p \to n \pi^+$ reaction from the same experiment. The results were obtained from scattering of 6 GeV longitudinally polarized electrons off longitudinally polarized protons using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at Jefferson Lab. The kinematic range covered is $1.1
Published: 2016
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