Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.90.035202
Publication Title
Physical Review C
Volume
90
Issue
3
Pages
035202 (16 pages)
Abstract
We have measured. the induced polarization of the Λ (1116) in the reaction ep →e′K+Λ , detecting the scattered e′ and K+ in the final state along with the proton from the decay Λ → pπ− . The present study used the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS), which allowed for a large kinematic acceptance in invariant energy W (1.6≤ W ≤ 2.7 GeV) and covered the full range of the kaon production angle at an average momentum transfer Q2 = 1.90GeV2 . In this experiment a 5.50-GeV electron beam was incident upon an unpolarized liquid-hydrogen target. We have mapped out the W and kaon production angle dependencies of the induced polarization and found striking differences from photoproduction data over most of the kinematic range studied. However, we also found that the induced polarization is essentially Q2 independent in our kinematic domain, suggesting that somewhere below the Q2 covered here there must be a strong Q2 dependence. Along with previously published photo- and electroproduction cross sections and polarization observables, these data are needed for the development of models, such as effective field theories, and as input to coupled-channel analyses that can provide evidence of previously unobserved s -channel resonances.
Original Publication Citation
CLAS Collaboration, Gabrielyan, M., Raue, B. A., Carman, D. S., Park, K., Adhikari, K. P., . . . Zonta, I. (2014). Induced polarization of Λ1116 in kaon electroproduction. Physical Review C, 90(3), 035202. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.90.035202
ORCID
0000-0003-2243-6836 (Kuhn)
Repository Citation
CLAS Collaboration; Adikaram, D.; Amaryan, M. J.; El Fassi, L.; Koirala, S.; Kuhn, S. E.; and Mayer, M., "Induced Polarization of Λ1116 in Kaon Electroproduction" (2014). Physics Faculty Publications. 229.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_fac_pubs/229
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