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The T matrix of the LambdaN-> NN reaction, which is a strangeness changing weak process, is derived. The explicit formulas of the spin observables are given for s-wave p-Lambda final states which kinematically corresponds to inverse…
The role of dynamics in spin observables for pseudoscalar meson photoproduction is investigated using a density matrix approach in a multipole truncated framework. Extraction of novel rules for $\gamma p \rightarrow \pi^+ n,~ K^+ \Lambda$…
Model-independent identities and inequalities relating the various spin observables of a reaction are reviewed in a unified formalism, together with their implications for dynamical models, their physical interpretation, and the quantum…
The most recent high-precision data on spin observables $\Sigma$, $T$, $P'$, $E$, $F$ and $H$ reported by the CLAS Collaboration together with the previous data on differential cross sections and spin-density-matrix elements reported by the…
We discuss model-independent inequalities for the spin observables in the reaction $\bar\mathrm{p}\mathrm{p}\to\bar{\Lambda}\Lambda$, which have been measured at CERN with a polarised proton target.
We explore some of the rich structure of the polarization observables recently developed for processes like $\gamma N\to\pi\pi N$ and $\gamma N\to K \bar{K} N$ in the framework of a specific model for the latter process. Emphasis is placed…
Results for the reaction gamma p --> K+ Lambda, studied within a constituent quark model and a dynamical coupled-channel approach, are presented and compared with recent data. Issues related to the search for missing baryon resonances are…
It is recalled that spin-observables in the strangeness-exchange reaction $\bar{p}{p} \to \bar{\Lambda}{\Lambda}$ are not independent but are related to each other by simple algebraic relations. This provides constraints on the existing…
The proton analyzing power Ay0 and the deuteron tensor analyzing power T20 are evaluated for the pd <-> pi+ t process, in the energy region around and above the Delta resonance. These calculations extend a previous analysis of the…
Positivity constraints have proved to be important for spin observables of exclusive reactions involving polarized initial and final particles. Attention is focused in this note on the photoproduction of pseudoscalar mesons from spin 1/2…
A comprehensive analysis of all available data on cross sections and spin-dependent observables for the $\gamma p \to K^+ \Sigma^0(1385)$, $\gamma n \to K^+ \Sigma^-(1385)$, and $\pi^+ p \to K^+ \Sigma^+(1385)$ reactions is performed within…
Using the symmetry properties of the strong interaction, such as the Pauli principle, the P-invariance, the conservation of the total angular momentum and isotopic invariance, we establish the spin structure of the threshold matrix elements…
We investigate $\gamma p \to K^{*+} \Lambda$ reaction within a Regge approach. For the gauge invariance of the scattering amplitude, we reggeize the s-channel and contact term amplitudes as well as the $t$-channel amplitude. We obtain the…
A general formalism for double and triple spin-correlations of the reaction NN -> DeltaN is developed for the case of collinear kinematics. A complete polarization experiment allowing to reconstruct all of the four amplitudes describing…
A formalism for spin observables of the reaction $pd\to ~^3He\eta$ is derived in a model independent way. The general case with a full set of six independent spin amplitudes is studied. Furthermore, approximations by five and four spin…
General formulae for the spin-spin correlation parameters $C_{i,j}$ and spin-transfer coefficients $K_i^j$ are derived for the reaction $N N\to Y \Theta^+$ at the threshold for an arbitrary spin of the pentaquark $\Theta^+$. It is shown…
We discuss model-independent constraints on spin observables in exclusive and inclusive reactions, with special attention to the case of photoproduction.
Results from a partial-wave analysis of the reaction $\gamma p \rightarrow K^+ \Lambda$ are presented. The reaction is dominated by the $S_{11}(1650)$ and $P_{13}(1720)$ resonances at low energies and by $P_{13}(1900)$ at higher energies.…
Elastic piN scattering and the world data of the family of reactions pi^- p --> eta n, K^0 Lambda$, K^0 Sigma^0, K^+ Sigma^-, and pi^+ p --> K^+ Sigma^+ are described simultaneously in an analytic, unitary, coupled-channel approach. SU(3)…