An Upper Limit on the Photoproduction Cross Section of the Spin-Exotic

F Afzal, CS Akondi, M Albrecht, M Amaryan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
F Afzal, CS Akondi, M Albrecht, M Amaryan, S Arrigo, V Arroyave, A Asaturyan…
arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.03316, 2024arxiv.org
The spin-exotic hybrid meson $\pi_ {1}(1600) $ is predicted to have a large decay rate to the
$\omega\pi\pi $ final state. Using 76.6~ pb $^{-1} $ of data collected with the GlueX detector,
we measure the cross sections for the reactions $\gamma p\to\omega\pi^+\pi^-p $, $\gamma
p\to\omega\pi^ 0\pi^ 0 p $, and $\gamma p\to\omega\pi^-\pi^ 0\Delta^{++} $ in the range $
E_\gamma= $8-10 GeV. Using isospin conservation, we set the first upper limits on the
photoproduction cross sections of the $\pi^{0} _ {1}(1600) $ and $\pi^{-} _ {1}(1600) $. We …
The spin-exotic hybrid meson is predicted to have a large decay rate to the final state. Using 76.6~pb of data collected with the GlueX detector, we measure the cross sections for the reactions , , and in the range 8-10 GeV. Using isospin conservation, we set the first upper limits on the photoproduction cross sections of the and . We combine these limits with lattice calculations of decay widths and find that photoproduction of is the most sensitive two-body system to search for the .
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