1. Coherent photoproduction of the neutral pion and eta meson on the deuteron at incident energies below 1.15 GeV
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Ishikawa, T., Fix, A., Fujimura, H., Fukasawa, H., Hashimoto, R., He, Q., Honda, Y., Iwata, T., Kaida, S., Kasagi, J., Kawano, A., Kuwasaki, S., Maeda, K., Masumoto, S., Miyabe, M., Miyahara, F., Mochizuki, K., Muramatsu, N., Nakamura, A., Nawa, K., Obara, Y., Ogushi, S., Okada, Y., Okamura, K., Onodera, Y., Ozawa, K., Sakamoto, Y., Sato, M., Shimizu, H., Sugai, H., Suzuki, K., Tajima, Y., Takahashi, S., Taniguchi, Y., Tsuchikawa, Y., Yamazaki, H., Yamazaki, R., and Yoshida, H. Y.
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Nuclear Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear Theory - Abstract
Coherent photoproduction of the neutral pion and eta meson on the deuteron, $\gamma{d}${$\to$}$\pi^0\eta{d}$, has been experimentally studied at incident photon energies ranging from the reaction threshold to 1.15 GeV. The total cross section demonstrates a rapid rise below 1 GeV. The data are underestimated by the existing theoretical calculations based on quasi-free $\pi^0 \eta$ photoproduction on the nucleon followed by deuteron coalescence. At the same time, the data are rather well reproduced by the calculations taking into account the final-state interaction. We have also measured for the first time the differential cross sections: the $\pi^0 \eta$ invariant-mass distribution $d\sigma/dM_{\pi \eta}$, the $\pi^0 d$ invariant-mass distribution $d\sigma/dM_{\pi d}$, the $\eta d$ invariant-mass distribution $d\sigma/dM_{\eta d}$, and the distribution over the deuteron emission angle $d\sigma/d\Omega_d$ in the overall center-of-mass frame. The measured cross section $d\sigma/d\Omega_d$ does not exhibit strongly backward-peaking behavior predicted by the calculations. At all incident energies, an increase in $d\sigma/dM_{\eta d}$ near the $\eta d$ threshold is observed, which indicates a bound or virtual $\eta d$ state resulting from a strong attraction between $\eta$ and a deuteron. The possibilities of using coherent $\pi^0\eta$ photoproduction on a nucleus to study the $\eta$-nuclear interaction are also discussed., Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures
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- 2022
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