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1. Study of the $\gamma p\to \pi^0\eta p$ reaction with the A2 setup at MAMI

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Sokhoyan, V., Prakhov, S., Fix, A., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Ahmed, Z., Ahrens, J., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Bondy, M. I. Ferretti, Fil'kov, L. V., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gorodnov, I., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamill, C. B., Heijkenskjöld, L., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Linturi, J., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Ron, G., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Witthauer, L., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. A.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The data available from the A2 Collaboration at MAMI were analyzed to select the $\gamma p\to \pi^0\eta p$ reaction on an event-by-event basis, which allows for partial-wave analyses of three-body final states to obtain more reliable results, compared to fits to measured distributions. These data provide the world's best statistical accuracy in the energy range from threshold to $E_{\gamma}=1.45$ GeV, allowing a finer energy binning in the measurement of all observables needed for understanding the reaction dynamics. The results obtained for the measured observables are compared to existing models, and the impact from the new data is checked by the fit with the revised Mainz model., Comment: 15 pages, 18 figures

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2018
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2. Measurement of the pi^0 -> e^+e^-gamma Dalitz decay at the Mainz Microtron

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Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Ahmed, Z., Akondi, C. S., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Berghäuser, H., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Bondy, M. I. Ferretti, Fil'kov, L. V., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D. J., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Kulikov, V. V., Lazarev, A., Linturi, J., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., Martemianov, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Ron, G., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Witthauer, L., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decay pi^0 -> e^+e^-gamma has been measured in the gamma p -> pi^0 p reaction with the A2 tagged-photon facility at the Mainz Microtron, MAMI. The value obtained for the slope parameter of the pi^0 electromagnetic transition form factor, a_pi = 0.030+/-0.010_tot, is in agreement with existing measurements of this decay and with recent theoretical calculations. The uncertainty obtained in the value of a_pi is lower than in previous results based on the pi^0 -> e^+e^-gamma decay., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, 1 table

Published
2016
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3. Measurement of the omega -> pi^0 e^+e^- and eta -> e^+e^-g Dalitz decays with the A2 setup at MAMI

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Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Berghäuser, H., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Danilkin, I. V., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Bondy, M. I. Ferretti, Fil'kov, L. V., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D. J., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Linturi, J., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Ron, G., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Witthauer, L., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. A.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decays eta -> e^+e^-g and omega -> pi^0 e^+e^- have been measured in the g p -> eta p and g p -> omega p reactions, respectively, with the A2 tagged-photon facility at the Mainz Microtron, MAMI. The value obtained for the slope parameter of the electromagnetic transition form factor of eta, Lambda^{-2}_eta=(1.97+/-0.11_tot) GeV^{-2}, is in good agreement with previous measurements of the eta -> e^+e^-g and eta -> mu^+mu^-g decays. The uncertainty obtained in the value of Lambda^{-2}_eta is lower than in previous results based on the eta -> e^+e^-g decay. The value obtained for the omega slope parameter, Lambda^{-2}_omega_pi^0 = (1.99+/-0.21_tot) GeV^{-2}, is somewhat lower than previous measurements based on omega -> pi^0 mu^+mu^-, but the results for the omega transition form factor are in better agreement with theoretical calculations, compared to earlier experiments., Comment: 19 figures, 2 tables

Published
2016
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4. Photon asymmetry measurements of $\overrightarrow{\gamma} \mathrm{p} \rightarrow \pi^{0} \mathrm{p}$ for E$_{\gamma}$=320$-$650 MeV

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Gardner, S., Howdle, D., Sikora, M. H., Wunderlich, Y., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Demissie, B. T., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Filkov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Garni, S., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kay, S., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Owens, R. O., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Sfienti, C., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., Witthauer, L., and Zana, L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

High statistics measurements of the photon asymmetry $\mathrm{\Sigma}$ for the $\overrightarrow{\gamma}$p$\rightarrow\pi^{0}$p reaction have been made in the center of mass energy range W=1214-1450 MeV. The data were measured with the MAMI A2 real photon beam and Crystal Ball/TAPS detector systems in Mainz, Germany. The results significantly improve the existing world data and are shown to be in good agreement with previous measurements, and with the MAID, SAID, and Bonn-Gatchina predictions. We have also combined the photon asymmetry results with recent cross-section measurements from Mainz to calculate the profile functions, $\check{\mathrm{\Sigma}}$ (= $\sigma_{0}\mathrm{\Sigma}$), and perform a moment analysis. Comparison with calculations from the Bonn-Gatchina model shows that the precision of the data is good enough to further constrain the higher partial waves, and there is an indication of interference between the very small $F$-waves and the $N(1520) 3/2^{-}$ and $N(1535) 1/2^{-}$ resonances.

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2016
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5. First measurement of target and beam-target asymmetries in the $\gamma p\to \pi^0\eta p$ reaction

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Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Downie, E. J., Dieterle, M., Fix, A., Fil'kov, L. V., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G., Barrientos, P. H., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P., McNicoll, E. F., Meyer, W., Middleton, D., Miskimen, R., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Polyanski, V. V., Prakhov, S., Reicherz, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, T., Supek, I., Tiator, L., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Y. A., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Witthauer, L., and Wolfes, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The first data on target and beam-target asymmetries for the $\gamma p\to\pi^0\eta p$ reaction at photon energies from 1050 up to 1450 MeV are presented. The measurements were performed using the Crystal Ball and TAPS detector setup at the Glasgow tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The general assumption that the reaction is dominated by the $\Delta 3/2^-$ amplitude is confirmed. The data are in particular sensitive to small contributions from other partial waves., Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures

Published
2015
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6. Measurement of the transverse target and beam-target asymmetries in $\eta$ meson photoproduction at MAMI

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Akondi, C. S., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Bernstein, A., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Downie, E. J., Dieterle, M., Fix, A., Fil'kov, L. V., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G., Barrientos, P. Hall, Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P., McNicoll, E. F., Meyer, W., Middleton, D., Miskimen, R., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Neganov, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ortega, H., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Polyanski, V. V., Prakhov, S., Reicherz, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Tiator, L., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Witthauer, L., and Wolfes, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

We present new data for the transverse target asymmetry T and the very first data for the beam-target asymmetry F in the $\vec \gamma \vec p\to\eta p$ reaction up to a center-of-mass energy of W=1.9 GeV. The data were obtained with the Crystal-Ball/TAPS detector setup at the Glasgow tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron MAMI. All existing model predictions fail to reproduce the new data indicating a significant impact on our understanding of the underlying dynamics of $\eta$ meson photoproduction. The peculiar nodal structure observed in existing T data close to threshold is not confirmed., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PRL

Published
2014
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7. Quasifree photoproduction of $\eta$ mesons off protons and neutrons

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A2 Collaboration, Werthmüller, D., Witthauer, L., Keshelashvili, I., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Ahrens, J., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Costanza, S., Demissie, B., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Kulbardis, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., and Watts, D. P.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

Differential and total cross sections for the quasifree reactions $\gamma p\rightarrow\eta p$ and $\gamma n\rightarrow\eta n$ have been determined at the MAMI-C electron accelerator using a liquid deuterium target. Photons were produced via bremsstrahlung from the 1.5 GeV incident electron beam and energy-tagged with the Glasgow photon tagger. Decay photons of the neutral decay modes $\eta\rightarrow 2\gamma$ and $\eta\rightarrow 3\pi^0 \rightarrow 6\gamma$ and coincident recoil nucleons were detected in a combined setup of the Crystal Ball and the TAPS calorimeters. The $\eta$-production cross sections were measured in coincidence with recoil protons, recoil neutrons, and in an inclusive mode without a condition on recoil nucleons, which allowed a check of the internal consistency of the data. The effects from nuclear Fermi motion were removed by a kinematic reconstruction of the final-state invariant mass and possible nuclear effects on the quasifree cross section were investigated by a comparison of free and quasifree proton data. The results, which represent a significant improvement in statistical quality compared to previous measurements, agree with the known neutron-to-proton cross-section ratio in the peak of the $S_{11}(1535)$ resonance and confirm a peak in the neutron cross section, which is absent for the proton, at a center-of-mass energy $W = (1670\pm 5)$ MeV with an intrinsic width of $\Gamma\approx 30$ MeV.

Published
2014
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8. Photoproduction of the $\omega$ meson off the proton near threshold

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Strakovsky, I. I., Prakhov, S., Azimov, Y. I., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghaeuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D. J., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Taragin, M. F., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmueller, D., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

An experimental study of $\omega$ photoproduction on the proton was conducted by using the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The $\gamma p\to\omega p$ differential cross sections are measured from threshold to the incident-photon energy $E_\gamma=1.40$ GeV ($W=1.87$ GeV for the center-of-mass energy) with 15-MeV binning in $E_\gamma$ and full production-angle coverage. The quality of the present data near threshold gives access to a variety of interesting physics aspects. As an example, an estimation of the $\omega N$ scattering length $\alpha_{\omega p}$ is provided., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures. Published version; some typos were fixed

Published
2014
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9. A new measurement of the rare decay eta -> pi^0 gamma gamma with the Crystal Ball/TAPS detectors at the Mainz Microtron

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Nefkens, B. M. K., Prakhov, S., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Danilkin, I. V., Denig, A., Demissie, B., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Käser, A., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, T., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., and Witthauer., L.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A new measurement of the rare, doubly radiative decay eta->pi^0 gamma gamma was conducted with the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. New data on the dependence of the partial decay width, Gamma(eta->pi^0 gamma gamma), on the two-photon invariant mass squared, m^2(gamma gamma), as well as a new, more precise value for the decay width, Gamma(eta->pi^0 gamma gamma) = (0.33+/-0.03_tot) eV, are based on analysis of 1.2 x 10^3 eta->pi^0 gamma gamma decays from a total of 6 x 10^7 eta mesons produced in the gamma p -> eta p reaction. The present results for dGamma(eta->pi^0 gamma gamma)/dm^2(gamma gamma) are in good agreement with previous measurements and recent theoretical calculations for this dependence., Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, 1 table

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2014
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10. A narrow structure in the excitation function of eta-photoproduction off the neutron

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Werthmueller, D., Witthauer, L., Keshelashvili, I., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Ahrens, J., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Demissie, B., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kaeser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Kulbardis, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., and Watts, D. P.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The photoproduction of $\eta$-mesons off nucleons bound in $^2$H and $^3$He has been measured in coincidence with recoil protons and recoil neutrons for incident photon energies from threshold up to 1.4 GeV. The experiments were performed at the Mainz MAMI accelerator, using the Glasgow tagged photon facility. Decay photons from the $\eta\rightarrow 2\gamma$ and $\eta\rightarrow 3\pi^0$ decays and the recoil nucleons were detected with an almost $4\pi$ electromagnetic calorimeter combining the Crystal Ball and TAPS detectors. The data from both targets are of excellent statistical quality and show a narrow structure in the excitation function of $\gamma n\rightarrow n\eta$. The results from the two measurements are consistent taking into account the expected effects from nuclear Fermi motion. The best estimates for position and intrinsic width of the structure are $W$ = (1670$\pm$5) MeV and $\Gamma$ =(30$\pm$15) MeV. For the first time precise results for the angular dependence of this structure have been extracted., Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Published
2013
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11. Measurement of the $^{1}H$($\vec{\gamma}$, $\vec{p}$)$\pi^{0}$ reaction using a novel nucleon spin polarimeter

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Watts, D. P., Glazier, D. I., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V. S., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Freehart, B., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A. A., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McKinnon, B., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Werthmüller, D., Workman, R. L., Zamboni, I., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We report the first large-acceptance measurement of polarization transfer from a polarized photon beam to a recoiling nucleon, pioneering a novel polarimetry technique with wide application to future nuclear and hadronic physics experiments. The commissioning measurement of polarization transfer in the $^{1}H$($\vec{\gamma}$,$\vec{p}$)$\pi^{0}$ reaction in the range $0.4

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2013
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12. A new determination of the eta transition form factor in the Dalitz decay eta -> e^+ e^- gamma with the Crystal Ball/TAPS detectors at the Mainz Microtron

Author

Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D. J., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Isaksson, L., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Masjuan, P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., and Zehr., F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decay eta -> e^+ e^- gamma has been measured in the gamma p -> eta p reaction with the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers, together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The experimental statistic used in this work is one order of magnitude greater than in any previous measurement of eta -> e^+ e^- gamma. The value obtained for the slope parameter 1/Lambda^2 of the eta transition form factor, 1/Lambda^2 = (1.95 +/- 0.15_stat +/- 0.10_syst) [1/GeV^2], is in good agreement with recent measurements conducted in eta -> e^+ e^- gamma and eta -> mu^+ mu^- gamma decays, as well as with recent form-factor calculations. The uncertainty obtained in the value of 1/Lambda^2 is lower compared to results from previous measurements of the eta -> e^+ e^- gamma decay., Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures, 1 table

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2013
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13. $K^+\Lambda$ and $K^+\Sigma^0$ photoproduction with fine center-of-mass energy resolution

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Jude, T. C., Glazier, D. I., Watts, D. P., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V. S., Berghauser, H., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Demissie, B. T., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Fil'kov, L. V., Gregor, R., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Koulbardis, A. A., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Mart, T., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Nikonov, V. A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarantsev, A. V., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Werthmueller, D., Witthauer, L., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Measurements of $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+} \Lambda$ and $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+} \Sigma^0$ cross-sections have been obtained with the photon tagging facility and the Crystal Ball calorimeter at MAMI-C. The measurement uses a novel $K^+$ meson identification technique in which the weak decay products are characterized using the energy and timing characteristics of the energy deposit in the calorimeter, a method that has the potential to be applied at many other facilities. The fine center-of-mass energy ($W$) resolution and statistical accuracy of the new data results in a significant impact on partial wave analyses aiming to better establish the excitation spectrum of the nucleon. The new analyses disfavor a strong role for quark-diquark dynamics in the nucleon., Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures

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2013
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14. Measurement of the g p -> K^0 Sigma^+ reaction with the Crystal Ball/TAPS detectors at the Mainz Microtron

Author

Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Demissie, B., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Isaksson, L., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Witthauer, L., and Zehr., F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The g p -> K^0 Sigma^+ reaction has been measured from threshold to Eg=1.45 GeV (W_cm=1.9 GeV) using the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. In the present experiment, this reaction was searched for in the 3pi^0 p final state, by assuming K^0_S -> pi^0 pi^0 and Sigma^+ -> pi^0 p. The experimental results include total and differential cross sections as well as the polarization of the recoil hyperon. The new data significantly improve empirical knowledge about the g p -> K^0 Sigma^+ reaction in the measured energy range. The results are compared to previous measurements and model predictions. It is demonstrated that adding the present g p -> K^0 Sigma^+ results to existing data allowed a better description of this reaction with various models., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables

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2013
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15. Accurate Test of Chiral Dynamics in the \boldmath$\vec{\gamma} p \rightarrow \pi^0p$ Reaction

Author

Hornidge, D., Bartolome, P. Aguar, Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghaeuser, H., Bernstein, A. M., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fernandez-Ramirez, C., Filkov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Barrientos, P. Hall, Heid, E., Hilt, M., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Koulbardis, A., Krambrich, D., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Laffoley, A. T., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Middleton, D. G., Moores, K. W., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rostomyan, T., Scherer, S., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Tiator, L., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmueller, D., and Witthauer, L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A precision measurement of the differential cross sections $d\sigma/d\Omega$ and the linearly polarized photon asymmetry $\Sigma \equiv (d\sigma_\perp - d\sigma_\parallel) \slash (d\sigma_\perp + d\sigma_\parallel)$ for the $\vec{\gamma} p \rightarrow \pi^0p$ reaction in the near-threshold region has been performed with a tagged photon beam and almost $4\pi$ detector at the Mainz Microtron. The Glasgow-Mainz photon tagging facility along with the Crystal Ball/TAPS multi-photon detector system and a cryogenic liquid hydrogen target were used. These data allowed for a precise determination of the energy dependence of the real parts of the $S$- and all three $P$-wave amplitudes for the first time and provide the most stringent test to date of the predictions of Chiral Perturbation Theory and its energy region of agreement with experiment., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures

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2012
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16. Study of the gamma p --> pi0 pi0 p reaction with the Crystal Ball/TAPS at the Mainz

Author

Kashevarov, V. L., Fix, A., Prakhov, S., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Isaksson, L., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The gamma p --> pi0 pi0 p reaction has been measured from threshold to 1.4 GeV using the Crystal Ball and TAPS photon spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron. The experimental results include total and differential cross sections as well as specific angular distributions, which were used to extract partial-wave amplitudes. In particular, the energy region below the D13(1520) resonance was studied., Comment: 12 pages, 13 figures, corrected version, published in PRC

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2012
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17. Measurement of 3pi^0 photoproduction on the proton from threshold to 1.4 GeV

Author

Starostin, A., Suarez, I. M., Nefkens, B. M. K., Ahrens, J., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bartolome, P. A., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Manley, D. M., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Wertmueller, D., and Witthauer, L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The total cross section for gamma p -> 3pi0 p has been measured for the first time from threshold to 1.4 GeV using the tagged photon beam of the Mainz Microtron. The equipment utilized the Crystal Ball multiphoton spectrometer, the TAPS forward detector and a particle identification detector. The gamma p -> 3pi0 p total cross section has two broad enhancements at sqrt{s}~1.5 GeV and 1.7 GeV. We obtained the ratio of the total cross sections gamma p -> 3pi0 p to gamma p -> eta p equal to 0.014 \pm 0.001 at sqrt{s}~1.5 GeV., Comment: submitted to Physical Review C

Published
2011

18. First measurement of the circular beam asymmetry in the gamma p --> pi0 eta p reaction

Author

Kashevarov, V. L., Fix, A., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kellie, J. D., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Martinez-Fabregate, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Middleton, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S. N., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D., Starostin, A., Stakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Zamboni, I., and Zehr., F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The circular photon asymmetry for pi0 eta photoproduction on the proton was measured for the first time at the tagged photon facility of the MAMI C accelerator using the Crystal Ball/TAPS photon spectrometer. The experimental results are interpreted within a phenomenological isobar model that confirms the dominant role of the Delta(1700)D33 resonance. The measured asymmetry allows us to identify small contributions from positive-parity resonances via interference terms with the dominant D33 amplitude., Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys.Lett. B

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2010
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19. Study of the gp-->etap reaction with the Crystal Ball detector at the Mainz Microtron(MAMI-C)

Author

McNicoll, E. F., Prakhov, S., Strakovsky, I. I., Aguar-Bartolomepmainz, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Arndt, R. A., Azimov, Ya. I., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V. S., Berghaeuser, H., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Freehart, B., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Kellie, J. D., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A. A., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McKinnon, B., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Middleton, D., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Paris, M. W., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Tiator, L., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmueller, D., Workman, R. L., Zamboni, I., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The gp-->etap reaction has been measured with the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers in the energy range from the production threshold of 707 MeV to 1.4 GeV (1.49 =< W >= 1.87 GeV). Bremsstrahlung photons produced by the 1.5-GeV electron beam of the Mainz Microtron MAMI-C and momentum analyzed by the Glasgow Tagging Spectrometer were used for the eta-meson production. Our accumulation of 3.8 x 10^6 gp-->etap-->3pi0p-->6gp events allows a detailed study of the reaction dynamics. The gp-->etap differential cross sections were determined for 120 energy bins and the full range of the production angles. Our data show a dip near W = 1680 MeV in the total cross section caused by a substantial dip in eta production at forward angles. The data are compared to predictions of previous SAID and MAID partial-wave analyses and to thelatest SAID and MAID fits that have included our data., Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures

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2010
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20. Upgrade of the Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer for Mainz MAMI-C

Author

McGeorge, J. C., Kellie, J. D., Annand, J. R. M., Ahrens, J., Anthony, I., Clarkson, A., McNicoll, E. F., Lumsden, P. S., Thomas, A., Owens, R. O., and Rosner, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer at Mainz has been upgraded so that it can be used with the 1500 MeV electron beam now available from the Mainz microtron MAMI-C. The changes made and the resulting properties of the spectrometer are discussed., Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures

Published
2007
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21. Study of the $��p\to ��^0��p$ reaction with the A2 setup at MAMI

Author

Sokhoyan, V., Prakhov, S., Fix, A., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolom��, P., Ahmed, Z., Ahrens, J., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Bondy, M. I. Ferretti, Fil'kov, L. V., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gorodnov, I., Gradl, W., G��nther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamill, C. B., Heijkenskj��ld, L., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jude, T. C., K��ser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Linturi, J., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Ron, G., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N. K., Watts, D. P., Werthm��ller, D., Wettig, J., Witthauer, L., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. A.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The data available from the A2 Collaboration at MAMI were analyzed to select the $��p\to ��^0��p$ reaction on an event-by-event basis, which allows for partial-wave analyses of three-body final states to obtain more reliable results, compared to fits to measured distributions. These data provide the world's best statistical accuracy in the energy range from threshold to $E_��=1.45$ GeV, allowing a finer energy binning in the measurement of all observables needed for understanding the reaction dynamics. The results obtained for the measured observables are compared to existing models, and the impact from the new data is checked by the fit with the revised Mainz model., 15 pages, 18 figures

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2018
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22. Measurement of the omega -> pi(0)e(+)e(-) and eta -> e(+)e(-)gamma Dalitz decays with the A2 setup at the Mainz Microtron

Author

Adlarson, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Berghäuser, H., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Danilkin, I. V., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti Bondy, M. I., Fil'kov, L. V., Gardner, S., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Glowa, D., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D. J., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kashevarov, V. L., Kay, S., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, Milorad, Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Linturi, J., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mornacchi, E., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Ron, G., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sfienti, C., Sikora, M. H., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, Ivan, Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Wagner, S., Walford, N., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Witthauer, L., Wolfes, M., and Zana, L. A.

Subjects
transition form-factor, tagged photon spectrometer, vector-mesons, light vector, mami-b, scattering, taps, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decays eta -> e(+)e(-)gamma and omega -> pi(0)e(+)e(-) have been measured in the gamma p -> eta p and gamma p -> omega p reactions, respectively, with the A2 tagged-photon facility at the Mainz Microtron. The value obtained for the slope parameter of the electromagnetic transition form factor of eta, Lambda(-2)(eta) = (1.97 +/- 0.11(tot)) GeV-2, is in good agreement with previous measurements of the eta -> e(+)e(-)gamma and eta ->mu(+)mu(-)gamma decays. The uncertainty obtained in the value of Lambda(-2)(eta) is lower than in previous results based on the eta -> e(+)e(-)gamma decay. The value obtained for the omega slope parameter Lambda(0-2)(omega pi) = (1.99 +/- 0.21(tot)) GeV-2, is somewhat lower than previous measurements based on omega -> pi(0)mu(+)mu(-), but the results for the omega transition form factor are in better agreement with theoretical calculations, compared to earlier experiments.

Published
2017

23. Photon asymmetry measurements of γ→ p→ π0p for Eγ= 320-650 MeV

Author

Gardner, S., Howdle, D., Sikora, M. H., Wunderlich, Y., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R.M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Demissie, B. T., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Filkov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Garni, S., Gradl, W., Günther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hall Barrientos, P., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Käser, A., Kay, S., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J.D., Macrae, R., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Owens, R. O., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Sfienti, C., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th, Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu A., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., Witthauer, L., and Zana, L.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

High-statistics measurements of the photon asymmetry Σ for the γ→ p→ π0p reaction have been made in the center-of-mass energy range W= 1214 - 1450 MeV. The data were measured with the MAMI A2 real photon beam and Crystal Ball/TAPS detector systems in Mainz, Germany. The results significantly improve the existing world data and are shown to be in good agreement with previous measurements, and with the MAID, SAID, and Bonn-Gatchina predictions. We have also combined the photon asymmetry results with recent cross-section measurements from Mainz to calculate the profile functions, Σˇ (= σ0Σ) , and perform a moment analysis. Comparison with calculations from the Bonn-Gatchina model shows that the precision of the data is good enough to further constrain the higher partial waves, and there is an indication of interference between the very small F-waves and the N(1520) 3 / 2 - and N(1535) 1 / 2 - resonances.

Published
2016

24. T and F asymmetries in pi(0) photoproduction on the proton

Author

Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Downie, E. J., Dieterle, M., Fix, A., Fil`kov, L. V., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G., Barrientos, P. Hall, Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McNicoll, E. F., Meyer, W., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Polyanski, V. V., Prakhov, S., Reicherz, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Tiator, L., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Watts, D. P., Werthmuller, D., Witthauer, L., and Wolfes, M.

Subjects
polarized target asymmetry, neutral pion-photoproduction, tagged photon spectrometer, gamma-p, mami, microtron, taps, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The γp→π0p reaction was studied at laboratory photon energies from 425 to 1445 MeV with a transversely polarized target and a longitudinally polarized beam. The beam-target asymmetry F was measured for the first time and new high precision data for the target asymmetry T were obtained. The experiment was performed at the photon tagging facility of the Mainz Microtron (MAMI) using the Crystal Ball and TAPS photon spectrometers. The polarized cross sections were expanded in terms of associated Legendre functions and compared to recent predictions from several partial-wave analyses. The impact of the new data on our understanding of the underlying partial-wave amplitudes and baryon resonance contributions is discussed.

Published
2016

25. Photon asymmetry measurements of $\overrightarrow�� \mathrm{p} \rightarrow ��^{0} \mathrm{p}$ for E$_��$=320$-$650 MeV

Author

Gardner, S., Howdle, D., Sikora, M. H., Wunderlich, Y., Abt, S., Achenbach, P., Afzal, F., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Ahmed, Z., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Bashkanov, M., Beck, R., Biroth, M., Borisov, N. S., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Cividini, F., Costanza, S., Collicott, C., Demissie, B. T., Denig, A., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Ferretti-Bondy, M. I., Filkov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Garni, S., Gradl, W., G��nther, M., Gurevich, G. M., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Huber, G. M., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., K��ser, A., Kay, S., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Linturi, J. M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., Lutterer, S., MacGregor, I. J. D., Macrae, R., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mullen, C., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A. B., Neiser, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Owens, R. O., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Paudyal, D., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Rajabi, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Sokhoyan, V., Spieker, K., Steffen, O., Sfienti, C., Strakovsky, I. I., Strandberg, B., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, A., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Watts, D. P., Werthm��ller, D., Wettig, J., Wolfes, M., Witthauer, L., and Zana, L.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

High statistics measurements of the photon asymmetry $\mathrm��$ for the $\overrightarrow��$p$\rightarrow��^{0}$p reaction have been made in the center of mass energy range W=1214-1450 MeV. The data were measured with the MAMI A2 real photon beam and Crystal Ball/TAPS detector systems in Mainz, Germany. The results significantly improve the existing world data and are shown to be in good agreement with previous measurements, and with the MAID, SAID, and Bonn-Gatchina predictions. We have also combined the photon asymmetry results with recent cross-section measurements from Mainz to calculate the profile functions, $\check{\mathrm��}$ (= $��_{0}\mathrm��$), and perform a moment analysis. Comparison with calculations from the Bonn-Gatchina model shows that the precision of the data is good enough to further constrain the higher partial waves, and there is an indication of interference between the very small $F$-waves and the $N(1520) 3/2^{-}$ and $N(1535) 1/2^{-}$ resonances.

Published
2016
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26. Threshold π0 photoproduction on transverse polarised protons at MAMI

Author

Schumann, S, Otte, P B, Akondi, C S, Annand, J.R.M., Arends, H J, Beck, R, Bernstein, A M, Borisov, N, Braghieri, A, Briscoe, W J, Cherepnya, S, Collicott, C, Costanza, S, Downie, E J, Dieterle, M, Fernandez-Ramirez, C, Fix, A, Filkov, L V, Garni, S, Glazier, D.I., Gradl, W, Gurevich, G, Hall-Barrientos, P, Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D, Howdle, D., Huber, G M, Kashaverov, V L, Keshalashvili, I, Kondratiev, R, Korolija, M, Krusche, B, Lazarev, A, Lisin, V, Livingston, K., MacGregor, I.J.D., Mancel, J, Manley, D M, Martel, P P, McNicoll, E F, Meyer, W, Middleton, D, Miskimen, R, Mushkarenkov, A, Nefkens, B M K, Neganov, A, Nikolaev, A, Oberle, M, Ostrick, M, Ortega, H, Ott, P, Oussena, B, Paudyal, D, Pedroni, P, Polonski, A, Polyanski, V V, Prakhok, S, Reicherz, G, Rostomyan, T, Sarty, A, Sikora, M H, Sokhoyan, V, Steffen, O, Strakovsky, I I, Strub, T, Supek, I, Tiator, L, Thomas, A, Unversagt, M, Usov, Y A, Watts, D P, Werthmueller, D., Witthauer, L, and Wolfes, M

Subjects
Threshold π photoproduction, Threshold π0 photoproduction, Electromagnetic multipoles, Target asymmetry, Nuclear Experiment, lcsh:Physics, lcsh:QC1-999, QC
Abstract

Polarisation-dependent differential cross sections σT associated with the target asymmetry T have been measured for the reaction γp→→pπ0 with transverse target polarisation from π0 threshold to photon energies of 190 MeV. The data were obtained using a frozen-spin butanol target with the Crystal Ball / TAPS detector set-up and the Glasgow photon tagging system at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. Results for σT have been used in combination with our previous measurements of the unpolarised cross section σ0 and the beam asymmetry σ for a model-independent determination of S- and P-wave multipoles in the π0 threshold region, which includes for the first time a direct determination of the imaginary part of the E0+ multipole.

Published
2015
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27. First measurement of target and beam-target asymmetries in the γp→π0ηp reaction

Author

Annand, J.R.M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Downie, E. J., Dieterle, M., Fix, A., Fil'kov, L. V., Garni, S., Glazier, D.I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G., Hall Barrientos, P., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P. P., McNicoll, E. F., Meyer, W., Middleton, D. G., Miskimen, R., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Polyanski, V. V., Prakhov, S., Reicherz, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, Th., Supek, I., Tiator, L., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Yu. A., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., Witthauer, L., and Wolfes, M.

Subjects
Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The first data on target and beam-target asymmetries for the γp→π0ηp reaction at photon energies from 1050 up to 1450 MeV are presented. The measurements were performed using the Crystal Ball and TAPS detector setup at the Glasgow tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The general assumption that the reaction is dominated by the Δ3/2− amplitude is confirmed. The data are in particular sensitive to small contributions from other partial waves.

Published
2015

28. Photoproduction of the ωmeson on the proton near threshold

Author

Strakovsky, I. I., Prakhov, S., Azimov, Ya. I., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D. J., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Middleton, D. G., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Taragin, M. F., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmüller, D., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

An experimental study of ω photoproduction on the proton was conducted by using the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The γp→ωp differential cross sections are measured from threshold to the incident-photon energy Eγ=1.40 GeV (W=1.87 GeV for the center-of-mass energy) with 15-MeV binning in Eγ and full production-angle coverage. The quality of the present data near threshold gives access to a variety of interesting physics aspects. As an example, an estimation of the ωN scattering length αωp is provided.

Published
2015

29. First measurement of target and beam-target asymmetries in the $��p\to ��^0��p$ reaction

Author

Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Borisov, N., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Downie, E. J., Dieterle, M., Fix, A., Fil'kov, L. V., Garni, S., Glazier, D. I., Gradl, W., Gurevich, G., Barrientos, P. H., Hamilton, D., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D., Huber, G. M., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Krusche, B., Lazarev, A., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancel, J., Manley, D. M., Martel, P., McNicoll, E. F., Meyer, W., Middleton, D., Miskimen, R., Mushkarenkov, A., Neganov, A., Nikolaev, A., Oberle, M., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Polonski, A., Polyanski, V. V., Prakhov, S., Reicherz, G., Rostomyan, T., Sarty, A., Schumann, S., Steffen, O., Strakovsky, I. I., Strub, T., Supek, I., Tiator, L., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Usov, Y. A., Watts, D. P., Werthm��ller, D., Witthauer, L., and Wolfes, M.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory (nucl-th), High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics::Accelerator Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The first data on target and beam-target asymmetries for the $��p\to��^0��p$ reaction at photon energies from 1050 up to 1450 MeV are presented. The measurements were performed using the Crystal Ball and TAPS detector setup at the Glasgow tagged photon facility of the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The general assumption that the reaction is dominated by the $��3/2^-$ amplitude is confirmed. The data are in particular sensitive to small contributions from other partial waves., 9 pages, 9 figures

Published
2015
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30. Measurement of the 1H(γ→, p⃗)π0 Reaction Using a Novel Nucleon Spin Polarimeter

Author

Sikora, M. H., Watts, D. P., Glazier, D. I., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V. S., Berghaeuser, H., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Freehart, B., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Howdle, D. A., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A. A., Kruglov, S. P., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Marinides, Z., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McKinnon, B., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., and Metag, V.

Subjects
PHYSICS, TAPS, PSEUDOSCALAR MESON PHOTOPRODUCTION, PHOTON SPECTROMETER, ANALYZING POWER, Nuclear Theory, Nuclear Experiment, MAMI, MASSES
Abstract

We report the first large-acceptance measurement of polarization transfer from a polarized photon beam to a recoiling nucleon. The measurement pioneers a novel polarimetry technique, which can be applied to many other nuclear and hadron physics experiments. The commissioning reaction of 1H(γ→, p⃗)π0 in the range 0.4

Published
2014
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31. A new determination of the eta transition form factor in the Dalitz decay eta -> e^+ e^- gamma with the Crystal Ball/TAPS detectors at the Mainz Microtron

Author

Aguar-Bartolom��, P., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Bergh��user, H., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Collicott, C., Costanza, S., Denig, A., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Hamilton, D. J., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Isaksson, L., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Masjuan, P., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ortega, H., Ostrick, M., Ott, P., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Strakovsky, I. I., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthm��ller, D., and Zehr., F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decay eta -> e^+ e^- gamma has been measured in the gamma p -> eta p reaction with the Crystal Ball and TAPS multiphoton spectrometers, together with the photon tagging facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The experimental statistic used in this work is one order of magnitude greater than in any previous measurement of eta -> e^+ e^- gamma. The value obtained for the slope parameter 1/Lambda^2 of the eta transition form factor, 1/Lambda^2 = (1.95 +/- 0.15_stat +/- 0.10_syst) [1/GeV^2], is in good agreement with recent measurements conducted in eta -> e^+ e^- gamma and eta -> mu^+ mu^- gamma decays, as well as with recent form-factor calculations. The uncertainty obtained in the value of 1/Lambda^2 is lower compared to results from previous measurements of the eta -> e^+ e^- gamma decay., 11 pages, 10 figures, 1 table

Published
2013
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32. Accurate Test of Chiral Dynamics in the \boldmath$\vec�� p \rightarrow ��^0p$ Reaction

Author

Hornidge, D., Bartolome, P. Aguar, Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghaeuser, H., Bernstein, A. M., Braghieri, A., Briscoe, W. J., Cherepnya, S., Dieterle, M., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fernandez-Ramirez, C., Filkov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Barrientos, P. Hall, Heid, E., Hilt, M., Jaegle, I., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Keshelashvili, I., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Koulbardis, A., Krambrich, D., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Laffoley, A. T., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Mancell, J., Manley, D. M., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Middleton, D. G., Moores, K. W., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Oberle, M., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Oussena, B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Prakhov, S., Robinson, J., Rostomyan, T., Scherer, S., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Starostin, A., Supek, I., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Tiator, L., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmueller, D., and Witthauer, L.

Subjects
FOS: Physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

A precision measurement of the differential cross sections $d��/d��$ and the linearly polarized photon asymmetry $��\equiv (d��_\perp - d��_\parallel) \slash (d��_\perp + d��_\parallel)$ for the $\vec�� p \rightarrow ��^0p$ reaction in the near-threshold region has been performed with a tagged photon beam and almost $4��$ detector at the Mainz Microtron. The Glasgow-Mainz photon tagging facility along with the Crystal Ball/TAPS multi-photon detector system and a cryogenic liquid hydrogen target were used. These data allowed for a precise determination of the energy dependence of the real parts of the $S$- and all three $P$-wave amplitudes for the first time and provide the most stringent test to date of the predictions of Chiral Perturbation Theory and its energy region of agreement with experiment., 5 pages, 2 figures

Published
2012
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33. Determination of the eta-transition form factor in the gamma p -< p eta -< p gamma e(+)e(-) reaction

Author

Berghaeuser, H., Metag, V., Starostin, A., Bartolome, P. Aguar, Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Demissie, B. T., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Dieterle, M., Fil`kov, L. V., Fix, A., Glazier, D. I., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Knezevic, A., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lemmer, B., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Martinez-Fabregate, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Micanovic, S., Mushkarenkov, A., Nefkens, B. M. K., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Owens, R. O., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Prakhov, S. N., Rosner, G., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sober, D., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Werthmueller, D., Zamboni, I., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The Dalitz decay eta -> gamma e(+)e(-) has been measured using the combined Crystal Ball and TAPS photon detector setup at the electron accelerator MAMI-C. Compared to the most recent transition form-factor measurement in the e(+)e(-) channel, statistics have been improved by one order of magnitude. The e(+)e(-)invariant mass distribution shows a deviation from the QED prediction for a point-like particle, which can be described by a form-factor. Using the usual monopole transition form-factor parameterization, F(m(2)) = (1 - m(2)/Lambda(2))(-1), a value of Lambda(-2) = (1.92 +/- 0.35(stat) +/- 0.13(syst)) GeV(-2) has been determined. This value is in good agreement with a recent measurement of the eta Dalitz decay in the mu(+)mu(-) channel and with recent form-factor calculations. An improved value of the branching ratio BR(eta -> gamma e(+)e(-)) = (6.6 +/- 0.4(stat) +/- 0.4(syst)) . 10(-3) has been determined. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Published
2011
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34. Measurement of the Slope Parameter α for the eta-->3pi^0 decay with the Crystal Ball detector at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI-C)

Author

Prakhov, S., Nefkens, B. M. K., Aguar-Bartolomé, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghäuser, H., Boillat, B., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Kellie, J. D., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, Milorad, Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Krambrich, D., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lang, M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterović, Darko, Metag, V., Mićanović, Saša, Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rost, M., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Suarez, I. M., Supek, Ivan, Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Zamboni, Ivana, and Zehr, F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, tagged photon spectrometer, eta-meson decay, slope parameter alpha
Abstract

The dynamics of the eta→ 3pi^0 decay have been studied with the Crystal Ball multiphoton spectrometer and the TAPS calorimeter. Bremsstrahlung photons produced by the 1.5-GeV electron beam of the Mainz microtron MAMI-C and tagged by the Glasgow photon spectrometer were used for eta-meson production. The analysis of 3×10^6 gamma p→ eta p→ 3 pi^0 p→ 6 gama p events yields the value alpha = -0.032 +/- 0.003 for the eta→ 3pi^0 slope parameter, which agrees with the majority of recent experimental results and has the smallest uncertainty. The pi^0pi^0 invariant-mass spectrum was investigated for the occurrence of a cusplike structure in the vicinity of the pi^+pi^-threshold. The observed effect is small and does not affect our measured value for the slope parameter.

Published
2009
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35. Measurement of the Slope Parameter $\alpha$ for the $\eta\to 3\pi^0$ decay with the Crystal Ball detector at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI-C)

Author

Prakhov, S., Nefkens, B. M. K., Aguar-Bartolome, P., Akasoy, L. K., Annand, J. R. M., Arends, H. J., Bantawa, K., Beck, R., Bekrenev, V., Berghauser, H., Boillat, B., Braghieri, A., Branford, D., Briscoe, W. J., Brudvik, J., Cherepnya, S., Codling, R. F. B., Downie, E. J., Drexler, P., Fil'kov, L. V., Glazier, D. I., Gregor, R., Heid, E., Hornidge, D., Jahn, O., Jude, T. C., Kashevarov, V. L., Kellie, J. D., Kondratiev, R., Korolija, M., Kotulla, M., Koulbardis, A., Krambrich, D., Kruglov, S., Krusche, B., Lang, M., Lisin, V., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Maghrbi, Y., Manley, D. M., Martinez, M., McGeorge, J. C., McNicoll, E. F., Mekterovic, D., Metag, V., Micanovic, S., Nikolaev, A., Novotny, R., Ostrick, M., Otte, P. B., Pedroni, P., Pheron, F., Polonski, A., Robinson, J., Rosner, G., Rost, M., Rostomyan, T., Schumann, S., Sikora, M. H., Sober, D. I., Starostin, A., Suarez, I. M., Supek, I., Tarbert, C. M., Thiel, M., Thomas, A., Unverzagt, M., Watts, D. P., Zamboni, I., and Zehr, F.

Subjects
High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The dynamics of the $\eta\to 3\pi^0$ decay have been studied with the Crystal Ball multiphoton spectrometer and the TAPS calorimeter. Bremsstrahlung photons produced by the 1.5-GeV electron beam of the Mainz microtron MAMI-C and tagged by the Glasgow photon spectrometer were used for $\eta$-meson production. The analysis of $3 \times 10^6$ $\gamma p \to \eta p \to 3\pi^0 p \to 6\gamma p$ events yields the value $\alpha=-0.032\pm0.003$ for the $\eta\to 3\pi^0$ slope parameter, which agrees with the majority of recent experimental results and has the smallest uncertainty. The $\pi^0\pi^0$ invariant-mass spectrum was investigated for the occurrence of a cusplike structure in the vicinity of the $\pi^+\pi^-$ threshold. The observed effect is small and does not affect our measured value for the slope parameter.

Published
2008

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