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A coupled-channel analysis of $K\Lambda$ production in the nucleon resonance region

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A unitary coupled-channel effective Lagrangian model is applied to the combined analysis of the (π,γ)NKΛ(\pi,\gamma) N \to K\Lambda reactions in the energy region up to 2 GeV. To constrain the resonance couplings to the KΛK\Lambda final state the recent photoproduction data obtained by the SAPHIR, SPring-8, and CLAS groups are included into the calculations. The main resonance contributions to the process stem from the S11(1650)S_{11}(1650), P13(1720)P_{13}(1720), and P13(1900)P_{13}(1900) states. The second bump at 1.9 GeV seen in the photoproduction cross section data is described as a coherent sum of the resonance and background contributions. The prediction for the beam polarization observable is presented.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0505010,
  title  = {A coupled-channel analysis of $K\Lambda$ production in the nucleon resonance region},
  author = {V. Shklyar and H. Lenske and U. Mosel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0505010},
  year   = {2008}
}