Gutz, Eric Paul-Maria: Measurement of beam asymmetries in the reaction γp→pπ0η with the Crystal Barrel/TAPS experiment at ELSA. - Bonn, 2011. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/4905,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5N-23933,
author = {{Eric Paul-Maria Gutz}},
title = {Measurement of beam asymmetries in the reaction γp→pπ0η with the Crystal Barrel/TAPS experiment at ELSA},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2011,
month = jan,

note = {The photoproduction of mesons off the nucleon provides an excellent tool to gain further insight into the structure of baryons and their excitation spectrum. A large number of final states yielding various resonance contributions are accessible in photoproduction experiments. Especially in the regime of high-lying resonances, the photoproduction of multi-meson final states is of increasing importance, giving access to sequential decays of such resonances via e.g. Δ(1232)P33 or N(1535)S11 in the intermediate state. For a complete understanding of the processes involved, however, it is insufficient to measure only unpolarized total and differential cross sections. The extraction of polarization observables from data obtained using polarized beams and targets is mandatory to constrain theoretical models and analyses and to uniquely determine the amplitudes participating in a given process.
This work presents the analysis of data taken with the Crystal-Barrel/TAPS experiment at the accelerator facility ELSA in Bonn, using a linearly polarized photon beam impinging on a liquid hydrogen target. The detector system is optimized for the detection of multi-photon final states. The data has been selected for the reaction γp→pπ0η→p4γ for an incoming photon energy range of 970 MeV to 1650 MeV. In this range, photon polarizations of up to 50% have been achieved.
From this data, all polarization observables accessible with a linearly polarized photon beam and an unpolarized target have been extracted. This includes the beam asymmetry Σ, determined as a function of various invariant masses and angles using a quasi two-body approach, along with the three-body asymmetries Ic and Is. The latter two observables are unique to the acoplanar kinematics of multi-meson final states and have been measured for the first time within this work. The comparison of the results to solutions derived from various theoretical frameworks demonstrates the sensitivity of the observables to the contributing resonances and their decays.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/4905}
}

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