Issue
J. Phys. France
Volume 51, Number 11, juin 1990
Page(s) 1139 - 1161
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:0199000510110113900
J. Phys. France 51, 1139-1161 (1990)
DOI: 10.1051/jphys:0199000510110113900

Exploring photoproduction dynamics through polarization experiments

F. Arash1, 2, G.R. Goldstein3 et M. J. Moravcsik2

1  Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, U.S.A.
2  Department of Physics and Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 U.S.A.
3  Department of Physics, Tufts University, Medford, Mass 02155 U.S.A.


Abstract
The structure of spin-0 meson photoproduction from spin-1 /2 particles is given in several useful optimal frames Polarization experiments for this reaction are then discussed from the point of view of a) determining the reaction amplitudes, b) studying one-particle-exchange mechanisms, c) detecting patterns in the amplitude structure. The existing data are then analyzed in terms of the above considerations, and the need for future experiments is specified.

PACS
1360L - Meson production.
1388 - Polarization in interactions and scattering.

Key words
meson photoproduction -- polarisation in elementary particle interactions