Measurement of the Σπ photoproduction line shapes near the Λ(1405)

  • K. Moriya
  • , R. A. Schumacher
  • , K. P. Adhikari
  • , D. Adikaram
  • , M. Aghasyan
  • , M. D. Anderson
  • , S. Anefalos Pereira
  • , J. Ball
  • , N. A. Baltzell
  • , M. Battaglieri
  • , V. Batourine
  • , I. Bedlinskiy
  • , M. Bellis
  • , A. S. Biselli
  • , J. Bono
  • , S. Boiarinov
  • , W. J. Briscoe
  • , V. D. Burkert
  • , D. S. Carman
  • , A. Celentano
  • S. Chandavar, G. Charles, P. L. Cole, P. Collins, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, E. De Sanctis, R. De Vita, A. Deur, B. Dey, C. Djalali, D. Doughty, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, L. El Fassi, P. Eugenio, G. Fedotov, S. Fegan, R. Fersch, J. A. Fleming, 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, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, 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, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, P. Khetarpal, A. Kim, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, S. Koirala, A. Kubarovsky, V. Kubarovsky, S. V. Kuleshov, N. D. Kvaltine, K. Livingston, H. Y. Lu, I. J.D. MacGregor, N. Markov, M. Mayer, M. McCracken, B. McKinnon, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, M. Mirazita, T. Mineeva, V. Mokeev, R. A. Montgomery, E. Munevar, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, R. Nasseripour, 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, E. Phelps, J. J. Phillips, S. Pisano, N. Pivnyuk, O. Pogorelko, S. Pozdniakov, J. W. Price, S. Procureur, D. Protopopescu, D. Rimal, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, F. Sabatié, M. S. Saini, C. Salgado, D. Schott, E. Seder, H. Seraydaryan, Y. G. Sharabian, E. S. Smith, G. D. Smith, D. I. Sober, S. S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, P. Stoler, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, W. Tang, S. Taylor, C. E. Taylor, Ye Tian, S. Tkachenko, B. Torayev, M. Ungaro, B. Vernarsky, A. V. Vlassov, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Watts, D. P. Weygand, M. Williams, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, Z. W. Zhao, I. Zonta

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Abstract

The reaction γ+p→K++Σ+π was used to determine the invariant mass distributions or "line shapes" of the Σ+π-, Σ-π+, and Σ0π0 final states, from threshold at 1328 MeV/c2 through the mass range of the Λ(1405) and the Λ(1520). The measurements were made with the CLAS system at Jefferson Lab using tagged real photons, for center-of-mass energies 1.95<W<2.85 GeV. The three mass distributions differ strongly in the vicinity of the I=0 Λ(1405), indicating the presence of substantial I=1 strength in the reaction. Background contributions to the data from the Σ0(1385) and from K*Σ production were studied and shown to have negligible influence. To separate the isospin amplitudes, Breit-Wigner model fits were made that included channel-coupling distortions due to the NK̄ threshold. A best fit to all the data was obtained after including a phenomenological I=1, JP=1/2- amplitude with a centroid at 1394±20 MeV/c2 and a second I=1 amplitude at 1413±10 MeV/c2. The centroid of the I=0 Λ(1405) strength was found at the Σπ threshold, with the observed shape determined largely by channel coupling, leading to an apparent overall peak near 1405 MeV/c2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number035206
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume87
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2013

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