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Polarization observables in double neutral pion photoproduction

Nuclear Experiment 2025-07-25 v3

Abstract

Measurements of target asymmetries and double-polarization observables for the reaction γppπ0π0\gamma p\to p\pi^0\pi^0 are reported. The data were taken with the CBELSA/TAPS experiment at the ELSA facility (Bonn University) using the Bonn frozen-spin butanol (C4_4H9_9OH) target, which provided transversely polarized protons. Linearly polarized photons were produced via bremsstrahlung off a diamond crystal. The data cover the photon energy range from EγE_{\gamma}=650 MeV to EγE_{\gamma}=2600 MeV and nearly the complete angular range. The results have been included in the BnGa partial wave analysis. Experimental results and the fit agree very well. Observed systematic differences in the branching ratios for decays of NN^* and Δ\Delta^* resonances are attributed to the internal structure of these excited nucleon states. Resonances which can be assigned to SU(6)×\timesO(3) two-oscillator configurations show larger branching ratios to intermediate states with non-zero intrinsic orbital angular momenta than resonances assigned to one-oscillator configurations.

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@article{arxiv.2207.01981,
  title  = {Polarization observables in double neutral pion photoproduction},
  author = {TAPS Collaboration and T. Seifen and J. Hartmann and F. Afzal and A. V. Anisovich and R. Beck and M. Becker and A. Berlin and M. Bichow and K. -Th. Brinkmann and V. Crede and M. Dieterle and H. Dutz and H. Eberhardt and D. Elsner and K. Fornet-Ponse and St. Friedrich and F. Frommberger and Ch. Funke and M. Gottschall and M. Grüner and St. Görtz and E. Gutz and Ch. Hammann and J. Hannappel and J. Herick and W. Hillert and Ph. Hoffmeister and Ch. Honisch and O. Jahn and T. Jude and A. Käser and D. Kaiser and H. Kalinowsky and F. Kalischewski and P. Klassen and I. Keshelashvili and F. Klein and E. Klempt and K. Koop and B. Krusche and M. Lang and Ph. Mahlberg and K. Makonyi and F. Messi and V. Metag and W. Meyer and J. Müller and J. Müllers and M. Nanova and K. Nikonov and V. A. Nikonov and R. Novotny and S. Reeve and B. Roth and G. Reicherz and T. Rostomyan and St. Runkel and A. V. Sarantsev and Ch. Schmidt and H. Schmieden and R. Schmitz and J. Schultes and V. Sokhoyan and N. Stausberg and A. Thiel and U. Thoma and M. Urban and G. Urff and H. van Pee and D. Walther and Ch. Wendel and U. Wiedner and A. Wilson and L. Witthauer and Y. Wunderlich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.01981},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

22 pages, 27 figures; extended the introduction and clarified some sentences; added further references

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