Spin and parity measurement of the Λ (1405) baryon

  • K. Moriya
  • , R. A. Schumacher
  • , M. Aghasyan
  • , M. J. Amaryan
  • , M. D. Anderson
  • , S. Anefalos Pereira
  • , J. Ball
  • , N. A. Baltzell
  • , M. Battaglieri
  • , M. Bellis
  • , A. S. Biselli
  • , J. Bono
  • , S. Boiarinov
  • , W. J. Briscoe
  • , W. K. Brooks
  • , V. D. Burkert
  • , D. S. Carman
  • , A. Celentano
  • , S. Chandavar
  • , G. Charles
  • P. L. Cole, P. Collins, M. Contalbrigo, O. Cortes, V. Crede, A. D'Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, B. Dey, C. Djalali, M. Dugger, R. Dupré, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, G. Fedotov, S. Fegan, J. A. Fleming, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, W. Gohn, E. Golovatch, R. W. Gothe, M. Guidal, K. A. Griffioen, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, K. Hicks, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, H. S. Jo, K. Joo, D. Keller, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, S. Koirala, V. Kubarovsky, S. V. Kuleshov, P. Lenisa, H. Y. Lu, I. J.D. Macgregor, N. Markov, M. McCracken, B. McKinnon, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, R. A. Montgomery, H. Moutarde, E. Munevar, P. Nadel-Turonski, S. Niccolai, I. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, L. L. Pappalardo, E. Pasyuk, P. Peng, J. J. Phillips, S. Pisano, O. Pogorelko, S. Pozdniakov, J. W. Price, S. Procureur, A. J.R. Puckett, B. A. Raue, D. Rimal, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, P. Roy, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, D. Schott, E. Seder, I. Senderovich, E. S. Smith, D. Sokhan, G. D. Smith, S. Stepanyan, S. Strauch, W. Tang, H. Voskanyan, E. Voutier, N. K. Walford, D. P. Watts, L. B. Weinstein, M. Williams, M. H. Wood, N. Zachariou, L. Zana, J. Zhang, V. Ziegler, Z. W. Zhao, I. Zonta

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Abstract

A determination of the spin and parity of the Λ(1405) is presented using photoproduction data from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. The reaction γ+p→K++Λ(1405) is analyzed in the decay channel Λ(1405)→Σ++π-, where the decay distribution to Σ+π- and the variation of the Σ+ polarization with respect to the Λ(1405) polarization direction determines the parity. The Λ(1405) is produced, in the energy range 2.55<W<2.85 GeV and for 0.6<cosθK+c.m.<0.9, with polarization P=0.45±0.02(stat) ±0.07(syst). The analysis shows that the decays are in S wave, with the Σ+ polarized such that the Λ(1405) has spin-parity JP=12-, as expected by most theories.

Original languageEnglish
Article number082004
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume112
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Feb 2014

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