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Recent progress in N* physics from Kaon photoproduction experiments at CLAS using polarization observabes. The Rutherford Centennial Conference on Nuclear Physics. The University of Manchester on 8-12 August 2011 Ken Livingston, University of Glasgow Motivation Missing resonances 1 st complete measurement in pseudoscalar meson production Polarization observables at CLAS Progress towards a complete measurement in K + photoproduction on p Measurements on the neutron Summary Slide 2 Missing resonances Clear indication of resonances in p cross section for many channels Constituent quark models predict many resonances, but several missing Mostly from N scattering and single photoproduction Really missing or undetected since weak coupling to these channels Try other channels. Eg. K photoproduction Eg. Cross sections show some hints of new D 13. Better to look at angular distributions and polarization observables. With D 13 Without D 13 Mart & Benhold, Phys. Rev. C 61 012201(R) (1999) Slide 3 Polarization observables in pseudoscalar meson production 4 Complex amplitudes: 16 real polarization observables. Complete measurement from 8 carefully chosen observables. N has high statistics but in KY recoil is self-analysing I. S. Barker, A. Donnachie, J. K. Storrow, Nucl. Phys. B95 347 (1975). NNKY recoil targ targ recoil linearly polarized photons longitudinally polarized target transversely polarized target circ polarized photons Complete, and over-determined Slide 4 A B C Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility E: 0.75 6 GeV I max : 200A RF: 1499 MHz Duty Cycle: 100% (E)/E: 2.5x10 -5 Polarization: 80% Simultaneous distribution to 3 experimental Halls Injector LINAC Experimental Halls Jefferson Lab Hall B Slide 5 Polarization observables at CLAS + N m Linear Polarisation Circular polarisation Nucleon recoil polarimiter x Y Hyperons are self analysing Transverse polarized nucleon targets Longitudinally polarized nucleon targets Slide 6 Polarization observables - a simple example, Systematics of detector acceptance cancel out. Only need to know P lin, the degree of linear polarization. } Slide 7 g8b preliminary results - and Craig Paterson, Glasgow p p p p Single polarization observables Photon asymmetry P Recoil polarization (induced pol. along y) T Target asymmetry Double polarization observables O x Polarization transfer along x O z Polarization transfer along z figure by R.Schumacher, CMU Slide 8 g8b preliminary results - Results compared with previous results from LEPS 6, 100MeV Energy bins 1550 -> 2050MeV More bins for our data Increase the angular coverage to backward angles LEPS also recently have some consistent, new points at backward angles. Hicks et al., PRC 76, 042201(R) (2007). PRELIMINARY Slide 9 g8b preliminary results - Double polarization ovservable O x Results compared with Regge-Plus-Resonance model from Gent group Large Polarizations Some evidence for an important role for missing D 13 (1900) state Poor agreement at low energy PRELIMINARY Status of CLAS measurements of on proton (from g1c and g8b) Single polarization observables Photon asymmetry (lin pol) P Recoil polarization (induced pol. along y) T Target asymmetry (lin pol) Double polarization observables O x Polarization transfer along x (lin pol) O z Polarization transfer along z (lin pol) C x Polarization transfer along x (circ pol) C z Polarization transfer along z (circ pol) R. Bradford et al., Phys. Rev. C 75, 035205 (2007). Slide 10 Meson photoproduction with linearly and circularly polarized photons on polarized target E02-112: pKY (K + , K + 0, K 0 + ) E03-105/E04-102: p 0 p, + n E05-012: pp E06-013: p + - p g9a running conditions November 3, 2007 February 12, 2008 Longitudianally polarized target Circularly and linearly polarized photon beam 0.5-2.4 GeV Trigger: at least one charged particle in CLAS Target Pol > 80%, Relaxation time > 1600hrs better that design goals g9 FROST FROzen Spin Target (butanol = C4H9OH) g9b March July 2010 Transversely polarized target Racetrack coils for transverse polarization Slide 11 butanol 12 CCH 2 g9aFROST beam target observables G,E Stuart Fegan, Glasgow Liam Casey, CUA Based on ~2% of statistics butanol 12 CCH 2 Measurement of G, E (Double pol. Observable (lin and circ pol. on long. targ) p p and p p Butanol is not a pure proton target. Background from 12 C butanol Subtract events from 12 C Pol observables corrected by dilution factor. 12 C CH 2 Kenneth.Livingston@glasgow.ac.uk PRELIMINARY Slide 12 G10. Unpolarized photons on Deuterium 1 st measurement of for the n K + - Measurements on n (Deuterium) target Detect - n, K + from - n inv. mass Circularly and linearly polarized photons on n (g13, Deuterium target) n K + - analysis for polarization observables underway. Edwin Munevar, GWU Sergio Anefalos Pereira, INFN. Phys. Lett. B 688 (2010) 289-293 CLAS Data LEPS _____ Gent RPR model Edwin Munevar, GWU PRELIMINARY Slide 13 K production on n. Deuterium target PRELIMINARY G13 1 st measurement of Beam Asymmetry n (p) s p Neil Hassall, Glasgow Single, and double polarization observables in progress Slide 14 Measurements on n (Deuterium) target HDIce Solid Deuterium-Hydride (HD) a new class of polarized target A. Sandorfi. Spin can be moved between H and D with RF transitions All material can be polarized with almost no background Run in November 2011 Slide 15 Summary Huge effort on N*, missing baryon resonances We are close to an answer. Complete measurements on p and n soon (K , K ) Some related talks given in Parallel Session 1b: 15.00 The complete photoproduction measurement what is needed from the experimental point of view, W Briscoe 15.15 Measurement of the double polarisation observable 'F' in pion photoproduction with the crystal ball at MAMI P Hall Barrientos 15.45 The use of nested sampling in the extraction of polarisation observables at CLAS S Lewis 16.00 The Regge-plus-Resonance model for kaon production on the nucleon J Ryckebusch