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Constraints on vector meson photoproduction spin observables

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Extraction of spin observables from vector meson photoproduction on a nucleon target is described. Starting from density matrix elements in the vector meson's rest frame, we transform to spin observables in the photon-nucleon c.m. frame. Several constraints on the transformed density matrix and on the spin observables follow from requiring that the angular distribution and the density matrix be positive definite. A set of constraints that are required in order to extract meaningful spin observables from forthcoming data are enunciated.

Source: Physical Review C

DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.61.015501

Authors: W. M. Kloet, Frank Tabakin

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Pittsburgh

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2016888995

FWCI: 0.473

Cites: 14

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