First measurement of polarisation transfer Cx′n in deuteron photodisintegration

(A2 Collaboration at MAMI)

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138080

First measurement of polarisation transfer C_x^′ⁿ in deuteron photodisintegration

(A2 Collaboration at MAMI)

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A first measurement of the polarisation transfer from a circularly-polarised photon to the final state neutron (C_x^′ⁿ) in deuterium photodisintegration has been carried out. This quantity is determined over the photon energy range 370 – 700 MeV and for neutron centre-of-mass breakup angles ∼45−120^∘. The polarisation of the final state neutrons was determined by an ancillary large-acceptance nucleon polarimeter, surrounding a cryogenic liquid deuterium target within the Crystal Ball detector at MAMI. The polarimeter characterised (n,p) charge exchange of the ejected neutrons to determine their polarisation. The new C_x^′ⁿ data are also compared to a theoretical model based on nucleonic and nucleon resonance degrees of freedom constrained by the current world-database of deuterium photodisintegration measurements. Structures in C_x^′ⁿ observed in the region of the d^⁎(2380) could not be explained by conventional models of deuteron photodisintegration.

Original language	English
Article number	138080
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	844
Early online date	21 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138080
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2023

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We are indebted to M. Zurek for providing us data on C analysing powers. All data are available for downloading from PURE [40] . This work has been supported by the U.K. STFC ( ST/V002570/1 , ST/L00478X/2 , ST/V001035/1 , ST/P004385/2 , ST/T002077/1 , ST/L005824/1 , 57071/1 , 50727/1 ) grants, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ( SFB443 , SFB/TR16 , and SFB1044 ), DFG-RFBR (Grant No. 09-02-91330 ), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (Contracts No. 200020-175807 , No. 200020-156983 , No. 132799 , No. 121781 , No. 117601 ), the U.S. Department of Energy (Offices of Science and Nuclear Physics, Awards No. DE-SC0014323 , DEFG02-99-ER41110 , No. DE-FG02-88ER40415 , No. DEFG02-01-ER41194 ) and National Science Foundation (Grants NSF OISE-1358175 ; PHY-1039130 , PHY-1714833 , No. IIA-1358175 ), INFN (Italy), and NSERC of Canada (Grant No. FRN-SAPPJ2015-00023 ).

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AU - Kashevarov, V. L.

AU - Korolija, M.

AU - Krusche, B.

AU - Lazarev, A.

AU - Livingston, K.

AU - Lutterer, S.

AU - MacGregor, I. J.D.

AU - Manley, D. M.

AU - Martel, P. P.

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AU - Mornacchi, E.

AU - Mullen, C.

AU - Neganov, A.

AU - Neiser, A.

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First measurement of polarisation transfer C_x^′ⁿ in deuteron photodisintegration

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