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The scaling of photoproduction $\gamma p\to\pi^0 p$ is investigated in the Reggeized model with $N^*$ and $\Delta$ resonances included to describe resonance peaks up to photon energy $E_\gamma$= 3 GeV. Given the $t$-channel exchanges…
A Bayesian analysis of the world's p(gamma,K^+)Lambda data is presented. From the proposed selection of 11 resonances, we find that the following nucleon resonances have the highest probability of contributing to the reaction: S11(1535),…
Inclusive K+ production in proton-proton collisions has been measured at a beam energy of 2.16 GeV using the COSY-ANKE magnetic spectrometer. The resulting spectrum, as well as those corresponding to K+ p and K+ pi+ correlated pairs, can…
A study of p(gamma,K)Sigma processes in an isobar model at tree level is reported. By comparing model calculations to the published SAPHIR data, we explore the possible role of different isospin I=1/2 (N*) and I=3/2 (Delta*) resonances in…
Differential cross sections for $\gamma p \to K^+\Lambda(1405)$ and $\gamma p \to K^+\Sigma^0(1385)$ reactions have been measured in the photon energy range from 1.5 to 2.4 GeV and the angular range of $0.8<\cos(\Theta)<1.0$ for the $K^+$…
Photo- and electroproduction of $K\Sigma$ have been investigated near their production thresholds by using an effective Lagrangian approach. For this purpose, the background amplitude is constructed from suitable Feynman diagrams, whereas…
We investigate the photoproduction of $\Lambda(1405)\equiv\Lambda^*$ hyperon resonance, i.e., $\gamma p\to K^+\Lambda^*$, employing the effective Lagrangian approach with the $t$-channel Regge trajectories at tree level. We extensively…
We study the mechanism of the associated Lambda-kaon and Sigma-kaon production in nucleon-nucleon collisions over an extended range of near threshold beam energies within an effective Lagrangian model, to understand of the new data on pp…
Recent cross section data for the reaction gamma + p \to K^+ + Lambda are examined for evidence of scaling in both the low-t Regge domain and in the high \sqrt{s} and -t domain where constituent counting may apply. It is shown that the…
We have developed a covariant isobar model to phenomenologically explain the four possible isospin channels of $K\Sigma$ photoproduction. To obtain a consistent reaction amplitude, which is free from the lower-spin background problem, we…
We study the photoproduction of $K^*(892)$ vector meson from both the charged and neutral reactions, $\gamma p \to K^{*+} \Lambda$ and $\gamma n \to K^{*0} \Lambda$. The production mechanisms that we consider include $t$-channel $K^*$, $K$,…
The two-channel photoproductions of $\gamma p \to K^{*+} \Sigma^{0}$ and $\gamma p \to K^{*0} \Sigma^{+}$ are investigated based on an effective Lagrangian approach at the tree-level Born approximation. In addition to the $t$-channel $K$,…
The $\bar{K} + N \to K + \Xi$ reaction is studied for center-of-momentum energies ranging from threshold to 3 GeV in an effective Lagrangian approach that includes the hyperon $s$- and $u$-channel contributions as well as a phenomenological…
The high-precision cross-section data for the reaction $\gamma p \to K^{*+}\Lambda$ reported by the CLAS Collaboration at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have been analyzed based on an effective Lagrangian approach in the…
Recent experimental results for the reaction \gamma + p \to K^+ + \Sigma + \pi\ from CLAS at Jefferson Lab are discussed. It was found that the mass distributions or "line shapes" of the three charge combinations \Sigma^+ \pi^-, \Sigma^0…
We present a simple model for the $\gamma N \to \pi \pi N$ reaction which reproduces the cross sections of the $\pi^+ \pi^- p, \pi^+ \pi^- n, \pi^+ \pi^0 n$ and $\pi^- \pi^0 p$ channels over the range of the energies 0.41-0.85 GeV. We use…
We report here differential cross sections for the reaction $\gamma p \to K^{*0}\Sigma^+$ for the first time with high statistics. The measurements were done using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. Data were…
Photoproduction of the pentaquark particle Theta^+ on the nucleon has been studied by using an isobar and a Regge model. Using the isobar model, total cross sections around 100 nb for the gamma n --> K- Theta+ channel and 400 nb for the…
A coupled-channel effective Lagrangian model respecting unitary and gauge invariance is applied to the combined analysis of the $(\pi,\gamma) N \to K\Sigma$ reactions for the center of mass energies up to 2 GeV. The recent photoproduction…
We present results of a recent work on the reaction mechanism of $\eta n$ photoproduction off the neutron in the range of $ \sqrt{s} \approx 1.5 - 1.9$ GeV and discuss the role of various nucleon resonances listed in the Particle Data Group…