First measurement of polarized spin-density matrix elements and differential cross sections dσ/dt in ω photoproduction off the proton for 2.7 < Eγ < 5.2 GeV using CLAS at Jefferson Lab

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: We report on the differential cross sections d σ /d t , the unpolarized spin-density matrix elements ρ 00 0 , ρ 1 − 1 0 , Re ρ 10 0 , and the first extraction of the polarized elements Im ρ 10 3 , Im ρ 1 − 1 3 for the reaction γp → pω using the CLAS spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The ω mesons were detected in their dominant charged decay mode, ω → π + π − π 0 , and all t -dependent results are presented in a fine binning for incident photon energies between 2.73 and 5.16 GeV (corresponding to the center-of-mass energy range W ∈ [ 2.45, 3.25 ] GeV). All matrix elements are first measurements for − t > 0.6 GeV 2 . Moreover, differential cross sections d σ /d(cos Θ c . m . ω ) and the corresponding angle-dependent unpolarized spin-density matrix elements in the Adair frame are presented for the incident photon energy range 1.56–3.80 GeV (corresponding to W ∈ [ 1.95, 2.83 ] GeV). These new ω photoproduction data are consistent with earlier CLAS results but extend the energy range well beyond the nucleon resonance region into the Regge regime. The comparison with Regge-theory-based model predictions shows that the new data impose more stringent constraints on our understanding of ω photoproduction.

Source: Physics Letters B

DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140845

Authors: T. Hu, Z. Akbar, V. Crede, J.M. Laget, V. Mathieu, M.J. Amaryan, W.R. Armstrong, H. Atac, N.A. Baltzell, L. Barion, M. Battaglieri, I. Bedlinskiy, B. Benkel, F. Benmokhtar, A. Bianconi, L. Biondo, A. Biselli, M. Bondi, F. Bossù, S. Boiarinov, W.J. Briscoe, S. Bueltmann, D. Bulumulla, V.D. Burkert, R. Capobianco, D.S. Carman, J.C. Carvajal, A. Celentano, T. Chetry, G. Ciullo, G. Clash, P.L. Cole, M. Contalbrigo, G. Costantini, A. D’Angelo, N. Dashyan, R. De Vita, M. Defurne, A. Deur, S. Diehl, C. Djalali, R. Dupre, H. Egiyan, A. El Alaoui, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, P. Eugenio, S. Fegan, A. Filippi, G. Gavalian, Y. Ghandilyan, G.P. Gilfoyle, F.X. Girod, A.A. Golubenko, G. Gosta, R.W. Gothe, K.A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, M. Hattawy, T.B. Hayward, D. Heddle, A. Hobart, M. Holtrop, Y. Ilieva, D.G. Ireland, E.L. Isupov, D. Jenkins, H.S. Jo, K. Joo, S. Joosten, D. Keller, A. Khanal, M. Khandaker, A. Kim, W. Kim, F.J. Klein, V. Klimenko, A. Kripko, V. Kubarovsky, V. Lagerquist, L. Lanza, M. Leali, P. Lenisa, K. Livingston, I.J.D. MacGregor, D. Marchand, L. Marsicano, V. Mascagna, M.E. McCracken, B. McKinnon, Z.E. Meziani, S. Migliorati, R.G. Milner, T. Mineeva, M. Mirazita, V. Mokeev, C. Munoz Camacho, P. Nadel-Turonski, K. Neupane, J. Newton, S. Niccolai, M. Nicol, G. Niculescu, M. Osipenko, A.I. Ostrovidov, P. Pandey, M. Paolone, L.L. Pappalardo, R. Paremuzyan, E. Pasyuk, S.J. Paul, W. Phelps, N. Pilleux, O. Pogorelko, J.W. Price, Y. Prok, B.A. Raue, T. Reed, M. Ripani, J. Ritman, A. Rizzo, G. Rosner, F. Sabatié, C. Salgado, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, R.A. Schumacher, E.V. Shirokov, U. Shrestha, P. Simmerling, D. Sokhan, N. Sparveris, S. Stepanyan, I.I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, R. Tyson, M. Ungaro, L. Venturelli, H. Voskanyan, A. Vossen, E. Voutier, D.P. Watts, X. Wei, M.H. Wood, B. Yale, M. Yurov, N. Zachariou, J. Zhang

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7202268840