1. New data on $\vec{\gamma} \vec{p}\rightarrow \eta p$ with polarized photons and protons and their implications for $N^* \to N\eta$ decays
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Müller, J., Hartmann, J., Grüner, M., Afzal, F., Anisovich, A. V., Bantes, B., Bayadilov, D., Beck, R., Becker, M., Beloglazov, Y., Berlin, M., Bichow, M., Böse, S., Brinkmann, K. -T., Challand, T., Crede, V., Dietz, F., Dieterle, M., Drexler, P., Dutz, H., Eberhardt, H., Elsner, D., Ewald, R., Fornet-Ponse, K., Friedrich, S., Frommberger, F., Funke, C., Gottschall, M., Gridnev, A., Goertz, S., Gutz, E., Hammann, C., Hannen, V., Hannappel, J., Herick, J., Hillert, W., Hoffmeister, P., Honisch, C., Jahn, O., Jude, T., Jaegle, I., Käser, A., Kaiser, D., Kalinowsky, H., Kalischewski, F., Kammer, S., Keshelashvili, I., Klassen, P., Kleber, V., Klein, F., Klempt, E., Koop, K., Krusche, B., Kube, M., Lang, M., Lopatin, I., Maghrbi, Y., Mahlberg, P., Makonyi, K., Messi, F., Metag, V., Meyer, W., Müllers, J., Nanova, M., Nikonov, V., Novinski, D., Novotny, R., Piontek, D., Reicherz, G., Rosenbaum, C., Rostomyan, T., Roth, B., Sarantsev, A., Schmidt, C., Schmieden, H., Schmitz, R., Seifen, T., Sokhoyan, V., Thiel, A., Thoma, U., Urban, M., van Pee, H., Walther, D., Wendel, C., Wiedner, U., Wilson, A., Winnebeck, A., Witthauer, L., and Collaboration, CBELSA/TAPS
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Nuclear Theory ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The polarization observables $T, E, P, H$, and $G$ in photoproduction of $\eta$ mesons off protons are measured for photon energies from threshold to $W=2400\,$MeV ($T$), 2280 MeV ($E$), 1620 MeV ($P, H$), or 1820 MeV ($G$), covering nearly the full solid angle. The data are compared to predictions from the SAID, MAID, J\"uBo, and BnGa partial-wave analyses. A refit within the BnGa approach including further data yields precise branching ratios for the $N\eta$ decay of nucleon resonances. A $N\eta$-branching ratio of $0.33\pm 0.04$ for $N(1650)1/2^-$ is found, which reduces the large and controversially discussed $N\eta$-branching ratio difference of the two lowest mass $J^P=1/2^-$-resonances significantly., Comment: 10 pages, 11 figures
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- 2019