First observation of the Λ(1405) line shape in electroproduction

  • H. Y. Lu
  • , R. A. Schumacher
  • , K. P. Adhikari
  • , D. Adikaram
  • , M. Aghasyan
  • , M. J. Amaryan
  • , S. Anefalos Pereira
  • , J. Ball
  • , M. Battaglieri
  • , V. Batourine
  • , I. Bedlinskiy
  • , A. S. Biselli
  • , S. Boiarinov
  • , W. J. Briscoe
  • , W. K. Brooks
  • , V. D. Burkert
  • , D. S. Carman
  • , A. Celentano
  • , S. Chandavar
  • , P. L. Cole
  • P. Collins, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, A. Deur, C. Djalali, D. Doughty, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio, G. Fedotov, S. Fegan, J. A. Fleming, M. Gabrielyan, N. Gevorgyan, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, J. T. Goetz, W. Gohn, E. Golovatch, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, L. Guo, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, N. Harrison, D. Heddle, K. Hicks, D. Ho, M. Holtrop, C. E. Hyde, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, H. S. Jo, K. Joo, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, S. Koirala, A. Kubarovsky, V. Kubarovsky, S. V. Kuleshov, S. Lewis, K. Livingston, I. J.D. Macgregor, D. Martinez, M. Mayer, B. McKinnon, C. A. Meyer, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, R. A. Montgomery, K. Moriya, H. Moutarde, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, C. S. Nepali, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, K. Park, S. Park, E. Pasyuk, P. Peng, E. Phelps, J. J. Phillips, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, S. Pozdniakov, J. W. Price, S. Procureur, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, A. J.R. Puckett, B. A. Raue, D. Rimal, M. Ripani, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, M. S. Saini, C. Salgado, D. Schott, E. Seder, H. Seraydaryan, Y. G. Sharabian, G. D. Smith, D. I. Sober, D. Sokhan, S. S. Stepanyan, P. Stoler, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, W. Tang, Ye Tian, S. Tkachenko, B. Torayev, B. Vernarsky, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Weygand, M. H. Wood, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao

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Abstract

We report the first observation of the line shape of the Λ(1405) from electroproduction, and show that it is not a simple Breit-Wigner resonance. Electroproduction of K+Λ(1405) off the proton was studied by using data from CLAS at Jefferson Lab in the range 1.0<Q2<3.0 (GeV/c)2. The analysis utilized the decay channels Σ+π- of the Λ(1405) and pπ0 of the Σ+. Neither the standard Particle Data Group resonance parameters, nor free parameters fitting to a single Breit-Wigner resonance represent the line shape. In our fits, the line shape corresponds approximately to predictions of a two-pole meson-baryon picture of the Λ(1405), with a lower mass pole near 1368 MeV/c2 and a higher mass pole near 1423 MeV/c2. Furthermore, with increasing photon virtuality the mass distribution shifts toward the higher mass pole.

Original languageEnglish
Article number045202
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume88
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Oct 2013

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