KSΛ PHOTOPRODUCTION ON THE NEUTRON WITHIN THE RESONANCE REGION
Abstract
We report some preliminary differential cross section results for the γd → KSΛ(p) reaction using a circularly-polarized photon beam and an unpolarized LD2 target. The data was collected at the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. For this study the photon energy ranged from 1.3 to 2.53 GeV, which covers from the reaction threshold through the nucleon resonance regimes. The acceptance- and flux-corrected yields show peaks at the center-of mass energies W = 1.7 and W = 1.9 GeV. These first-time results will aid in unraveling the spectrum of non-strange excited baryons.
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