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Interaction effects in ${\bm K^+}$ photoproduction on the deuteron

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Kaon photoproduction on the deuteron is studied with respect to a specific two-body contribution, namely a pion mediated production process, besides other final state interaction contributions from kaon-nucleon and hyperon-nucleon scattering. In this process, a pion is first photoproduced on one nucleon and then interacts with the spectator nucleon in a strangeness exchange reaction leading to a kaon and a hyperon. A sizeable effect from this pion mediated contribution is found, considerably larger than the previously studied hyperon-nucleon rescattering, whereas kaon-nucleon rescattering is much less important. Besides total and semi-inclusive differential cross sections, tensor target asymmetries are studied with respect to the influence of such interaction effects.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0407098,
  title  = {Interaction effects in ${\bm K^+}$ photoproduction on the deuteron},
  author = {Agus Salam and Hartmuth Arenhoevel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0407098},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, 18 figures, revtex4