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Possible $\Sigma({1\over2}^-)$ under the $\Sigma^*(1385)$ peak in $K\Sigma^*$ photoproduction

Nuclear Theory 2010-05-28 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The LEPS collaboration has recently reported a measurement of the reaction γnK+Σ(1385)\gamma n\to K^+\Sigma^{*-}(1385) with linearly polarized photon beam at resonance region. The observed beam asymmetry is sizably negative at Eγ=1.82.4GeVE_\gamma=1.8-2.4 \mathrm{GeV}, in contrast to the presented theoretical prediction. In this paper, we calculate this process in the framework of the effective Lagrangian approach. By including a newly proposed Σ(JP=12)\Sigma(J^P={1\over2}^-) state with mass around 1380~MeV, the experimental data for both γn\gamma n and γp\gamma p experiments can be well reproduced. It is found that the Σ(12)\Sigma({1\over2}^-) and/or the contact term may play important role and deserve further investigation.

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@article{arxiv.1001.0805,
  title  = {Possible $\Sigma({1\over2}^-)$ under the $\Sigma^*(1385)$ peak in $K\Sigma^*$ photoproduction},
  author = {Puze Gao and Jia-Jun Wu and B. S. Zou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0805},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

modified version to be published at Phys. Rev. C