Search for the Photoexcitation of Exotic Mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) System

M. Nozar; C. Salgado; D. P. Weygand; L. Guo; G. Adams; Ji Li; P. Eugenio; M. J. Amaryan; M. Anghinolfi; G. Asryan; H. Avakian; H. Bagdasaryan; N. Baillie; J. P. Ball; N. A. Baltzell; S. Barrow; M. Battaglieri; I. Bedlinskiy; M. Bektasoglu; M. Bellis; N. Benmouna; B. L. Berman; A. S. Biselli; L. Blaszczyk; B. E. Bonner; S. Bouchigny; S. Boiarinov; R. Bradford; D. Branford; W. J. Briscoe; W. K. Brooks; S. Bueltmann; V. D. Burkert; C. Butuceanu; J. R. Calarco; S. L. Careccia; D. S. Carman; B. Carnahan; L. Casey; A. Cazes; S. Chen; L. Cheng; P. L. Cole; P. Collins; P. Coltharp; D. Cords; P. Corvisiero; D. Crabb; H. Crannell; V. Crede; J. P. Cummings; D. Dale; N. Dashyan; R. De Masi; R. De Vita; E. De Sanctis; P. V. Degtyarenko; H. Denizli; L. Dennis; A. Deur; K. V. Dharmawardane; K. S. Dhuga; R. Dickson; C. Djalali; G. E. Dodge; D. Doughty; M. Dugger; S. Dytman; O. P. Dzyubak; H. Egiyan; K. S. Egiyan; L. El Fassi; L. Elouadrhiri; R. Fatemi; G. Fedotov; R. J. Feuerbach; T. A. Forest; A. Fradi; H. Funsten; M. Garcon; G. Gavalian; N. Gevorgyan; G. P. Gilfoyle; K. L. Giovanetti; F. X. Girod; J. T. Goetz; R. W. Gothe; K. A. Griffioen; M. Guidal; M. Guillo; N. Guler; V. Gyurjyan; C. Hadjidakis; K. Hafidi; H. Hakobyan; C. Hanretty; J. Hardie; N. Hassall; D. Heddle; F. W. Hersman; K. Hicks; I. Hleiqawi; M. Holtrop; C. E. Hyde-Wright; Y. Ilieva; D. G. Ireland; B. S. Ishkhanov; E. L. Isupov; M. M. Ito; D. Jenkins; H. S. Jo; J. R. Johnstone; K. Joo; H. G. Juengst; N. Kalantarians; J. D. Kellie; M. Khandaker; W. Kim; A. Klein; F. J. Klein; M. Kossov; Z. Krahn; L. H. Kramer; V. Kubarovsky; J. Kuhn; S. E. Kuhn; S. V. Kuleshov; V. Kuznetsov; J. Lachniet; J. M. Laget; J. Langheinrich; D. Lawrence; K. Livingston; H. Y. Lu; M. MacCormick; N. Markov; P. Mattione; S. McAleer; B. McKinnon; J. W. C. McNabb; B. A. Mecking; S. Mehrabyan; M. D. Mestayer; C. A. Meyer; T. Mibe; K. Mikhailov; M. Mirazita; R. Miskimen; V. Mokeev; B. Moreno; K. Moriya; S. A. Morrow; M. Moteabbed; J. Mueller; E. Munevar; G. S. Mutchler; P. Nadel-Turonski; R. Nasseripour; S. Niccolai; G. Niculescu; I. Niculescu; B. B. Niczyporuk; M. R. Niroula; R. A. Niyazov; G. V. O'Rielly; M. Osipenko; A. I. Ostrovidov; K. Park; E. Pasyuk; C. Paterson; S. Anefalos Pereira; S. A. Philips; J. Pierce; N. Pivnyuk; D. Pocanic; O. Pogorelko; E. Polli; I. Popa; S. Pozdniakov; B. M. Preedom; J. W. Price; Y. Prok; D. Protopopescu; L. M. Qin; B. A. Raue; G. Riccardi; G. Ricco; M. Ripani; B. G. Ritchie; F. Ronchetti; G. Rosner; P. Rossi; P. D. Rubin; F. Sabatie; J. Salamanca; J. P. Santoro; V. Sapunenko; R. A. Schumacher; V. S. Serov; Y. G. Sharabian; D. Sharov; N. V. Shvedunov; A. V. Skabelin; E. S. Smith; L. C. Smith; D. I. Sober; D. Sokhan; A. Stavinsky; S. S. Stepanyan; S. Stepanyan; B. E. Stokes; P. Stoler; I. I. Strakovsky; S. Strauch; M. Taiuti; D. J. Tedeschi; U. Thoma; A. Tkabladze; S. Tkachenko; L. Todor; M. Ungaro; M. F. Vineyard; A. V. Vlassov; D. P. Watts; L. B. Weinstein; M. Williams; E. Wolin; M. H. Wood; A. Yegneswaran; L. Zana; J. Zhang; B. Zhao; Z. W. Zhao

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.102002

Search for the Photoexcitation of Exotic Mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) System

M. Nozar, C. Salgado, D. P. Weygand, L. Guo, G. Adams, Ji Li, P. Eugenio, M. J. Amaryan, M. Anghinolfi, G. Asryan, H. Avakian, H. Bagdasaryan, N. Baillie, J. P. Ball, N. A. Baltzell, S. Barrow, M. Battaglieri, I. Bedlinskiy, M. Bektasoglu, M. BellisN. Benmouna, B. L. Berman, A. S. Biselli, L. Blaszczyk, B. E. Bonner, S. Bouchigny, S. Boiarinov, R. Bradford, D. Branford, W. J. Briscoe, W. K. Brooks, S. Bueltmann, V. D. Burkert, C. Butuceanu, J. R. Calarco, S. L. Careccia, D. S. Carman, B. Carnahan, L. Casey, A. Cazes, S. Chen, L. Cheng, P. L. Cole, P. Collins, P. Coltharp, D. Cords, P. Corvisiero, D. Crabb, H. Crannell, V. Crede, J. P. Cummings, D. Dale, N. Dashyan, R. De Masi, R. De Vita, E. De Sanctis, P. V. Degtyarenko, H. Denizli, L. Dennis, A. Deur, K. V. Dharmawardane, K. S. Dhuga, R. Dickson, C. Djalali, G. E. Dodge, D. Doughty, M. Dugger, S. Dytman, O. P. Dzyubak, H. Egiyan, K. S. Egiyan, L. El Fassi, L. Elouadrhiri, R. Fatemi, G. Fedotov, R. J. Feuerbach, T. A. Forest, A. Fradi, H. Funsten, M. Garcon, G. Gavalian, N. Gevorgyan, G. P. Gilfoyle, K. L. Giovanetti, F. X. Girod, J. T. Goetz, R. W. Gothe, K. A. Griffioen, M. Guidal, M. Guillo, N. Guler, V. Gyurjyan, C. Hadjidakis, K. Hafidi, H. Hakobyan, C. Hanretty, J. Hardie, N. Hassall, D. Heddle, F. W. Hersman, K. Hicks, I. Hleiqawi, M. Holtrop, C. E. Hyde-Wright, Y. Ilieva, D. G. Ireland, B. S. Ishkhanov, E. L. Isupov, M. M. Ito, D. Jenkins, H. S. Jo, J. R. Johnstone, K. Joo, H. G. Juengst, N. Kalantarians, J. D. Kellie, M. Khandaker, W. Kim, A. Klein, F. J. Klein, M. Kossov, Z. Krahn, L. H. Kramer, V. Kubarovsky, J. Kuhn, S. E. Kuhn, S. V. Kuleshov, V. Kuznetsov, J. Lachniet, J. M. Laget, J. Langheinrich, D. Lawrence, K. Livingston, H. Y. Lu, M. MacCormick, N. Markov, P. Mattione, S. McAleer, B. McKinnon, J. W. C. McNabb, B. A. Mecking, S. Mehrabyan, M. D. Mestayer, C. A. Meyer, T. Mibe, K. Mikhailov, M. Mirazita, R. Miskimen, V. Mokeev, B. Moreno, K. Moriya, S. A. Morrow, M. Moteabbed, J. Mueller, E. Munevar, G. S. Mutchler, P. Nadel-Turonski, R. Nasseripour, S. Niccolai, G. Niculescu, I. Niculescu, B. B. Niczyporuk, M. R. Niroula, R. A. Niyazov, G. V. O'Rielly, M. Osipenko, A. I. Ostrovidov, K. Park, E. Pasyuk, C. Paterson, S. Anefalos Pereira, S. A. Philips, J. Pierce, N. Pivnyuk, D. Pocanic, O. Pogorelko, E. Polli, I. Popa, S. Pozdniakov, B. M. Preedom, J. W. Price, Y. Prok, D. Protopopescu, L. M. Qin, B. A. Raue, G. Riccardi, G. Ricco, M. Ripani, B. G. Ritchie, F. Ronchetti, G. Rosner, P. Rossi, P. D. Rubin, F. Sabatie, J. Salamanca, J. P. Santoro, V. Sapunenko, R. A. Schumacher, V. S. Serov, Y. G. Sharabian, D. Sharov, N. V. Shvedunov, A. V. Skabelin, E. S. Smith, L. C. Smith, D. I. Sober, D. Sokhan, A. Stavinsky, S. S. Stepanyan, S. Stepanyan, B. E. Stokes, P. Stoler, I. I. Strakovsky, S. Strauch, M. Taiuti, D. J. Tedeschi, U. Thoma, A. Tkabladze, S. Tkachenko, L. Todor, M. Ungaro, M. F. Vineyard, A. V. Vlassov, D. P. Watts, L. B. Weinstein, M. Williams, E. Wolin, M. H. Wood, A. Yegneswaran, L. Zana, J. Zhang, B. Zhao, Z. W. Zhao

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A search for exotic mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) system photoproduced by the charge exchange reaction gamma p ->pi(+)pi(+)pi(-)(n) was carried out by the CLAS Collaboration at Jefferson Lab. A tagged-photon beam with energies in the 4.8 to 5.4 GeV range, produced through bremsstrahlung from a 5.744 GeV electron beam, was incident on a liquid-hydrogen target. A partial wave analysis was performed on a sample of 83 000 events, the highest such statistics to date in this reaction at these energies. The main objective of this study was to look for the photoproduction of an exotic J(PC)=1(-+) resonant state in the 1 to 2 GeV mass range. Our partial wave analysis shows production of the a(2)(1320) and the pi(2)(1670) mesons, but no evidence for the a(1)(1260), nor the pi(1)(1600) exotic state at the expected levels. An upper limit of 13.5 nb is determined for the exotic pi(1)(1600) cross section, less than 2% of the a(2)(1320) production.

Original language	English
Article number	102002
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Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.102002
Publication status	Published - 13 Mar 2009

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Nozar, M., Salgado, C., Weygand, D. P., Guo, L., Adams, G., Li, J., Eugenio, P., Amaryan, M. J., Anghinolfi, M., Asryan, G., Avakian, H., Bagdasaryan, H., Baillie, N., Ball, J. P., Baltzell, N. A., Barrow, S., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Bektasoglu, M., ... Zhao, Z. W. (2009). Search for the Photoexcitation of Exotic Mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) System. Physical Review Letters, 102(10), -. Article 102002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.102002

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AU - Salgado, C.

AU - Weygand, D. P.

AU - Guo, L.

AU - Adams, G.

AU - Li, Ji

AU - Eugenio, P.

AU - Amaryan, M. J.

AU - Anghinolfi, M.

AU - Asryan, G.

AU - Avakian, H.

AU - Bagdasaryan, H.

AU - Baillie, N.

AU - Ball, J. P.

AU - Baltzell, N. A.

AU - Barrow, S.

AU - Battaglieri, M.

AU - Bedlinskiy, I.

AU - Bektasoglu, M.

AU - Bellis, M.

AU - Benmouna, N.

AU - Berman, B. L.

AU - Biselli, A. S.

AU - Blaszczyk, L.

AU - Bonner, B. E.

AU - Bouchigny, S.

AU - Boiarinov, S.

AU - Bradford, R.

AU - Branford, D.

AU - Briscoe, W. J.

AU - Brooks, W. K.

AU - Bueltmann, S.

AU - Burkert, V. D.

AU - Butuceanu, C.

AU - Calarco, J. R.

AU - Careccia, S. L.

AU - Carman, D. S.

AU - Carnahan, B.

AU - Casey, L.

AU - Cazes, A.

AU - Chen, S.

AU - Cheng, L.

AU - Cole, P. L.

AU - Collins, P.

AU - Coltharp, P.

AU - Cords, D.

AU - Corvisiero, P.

AU - Crabb, D.

AU - Crannell, H.

AU - Crede, V.

AU - Cummings, J. P.

AU - Dale, D.

AU - Dashyan, N.

AU - De Masi, R.

AU - De Vita, R.

AU - De Sanctis, E.

AU - Degtyarenko, P. V.

AU - Denizli, H.

AU - Dennis, L.

AU - Deur, A.

AU - Dharmawardane, K. V.

AU - Dhuga, K. S.

AU - Dickson, R.

AU - Djalali, C.

AU - Dodge, G. E.

AU - Doughty, D.

AU - Dugger, M.

AU - Dytman, S.

AU - Dzyubak, O. P.

AU - Egiyan, H.

AU - Egiyan, K. S.

AU - El Fassi, L.

AU - Elouadrhiri, L.

AU - Fatemi, R.

AU - Fedotov, G.

AU - Feuerbach, R. J.

AU - Forest, T. A.

AU - Fradi, A.

AU - Funsten, H.

AU - Garcon, M.

AU - Gavalian, G.

AU - Gevorgyan, N.

AU - Gilfoyle, G. P.

AU - Giovanetti, K. L.

AU - Girod, F. X.

AU - Goetz, J. T.

AU - Gothe, R. W.

AU - Griffioen, K. A.

AU - Guidal, M.

AU - Guillo, M.

AU - Guler, N.

AU - Gyurjyan, V.

AU - Hadjidakis, C.

AU - Hafidi, K.

AU - Hakobyan, H.

AU - Hanretty, C.

AU - Hardie, J.

AU - Hassall, N.

AU - Heddle, D.

AU - Hersman, F. W.

AU - Hicks, K.

AU - Hleiqawi, I.

AU - Holtrop, M.

AU - Hyde-Wright, C. E.

AU - Ilieva, Y.

AU - Ireland, D. G.

AU - Ishkhanov, B. S.

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PY - 2009/3/13

Y1 - 2009/3/13

N2 - A search for exotic mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) system photoproduced by the charge exchange reaction gamma p ->pi(+)pi(+)pi(-)(n) was carried out by the CLAS Collaboration at Jefferson Lab. A tagged-photon beam with energies in the 4.8 to 5.4 GeV range, produced through bremsstrahlung from a 5.744 GeV electron beam, was incident on a liquid-hydrogen target. A partial wave analysis was performed on a sample of 83 000 events, the highest such statistics to date in this reaction at these energies. The main objective of this study was to look for the photoproduction of an exotic J(PC)=1(-+) resonant state in the 1 to 2 GeV mass range. Our partial wave analysis shows production of the a(2)(1320) and the pi(2)(1670) mesons, but no evidence for the a(1)(1260), nor the pi(1)(1600) exotic state at the expected levels. An upper limit of 13.5 nb is determined for the exotic pi(1)(1600) cross section, less than 2% of the a(2)(1320) production.

AB - A search for exotic mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) system photoproduced by the charge exchange reaction gamma p ->pi(+)pi(+)pi(-)(n) was carried out by the CLAS Collaboration at Jefferson Lab. A tagged-photon beam with energies in the 4.8 to 5.4 GeV range, produced through bremsstrahlung from a 5.744 GeV electron beam, was incident on a liquid-hydrogen target. A partial wave analysis was performed on a sample of 83 000 events, the highest such statistics to date in this reaction at these energies. The main objective of this study was to look for the photoproduction of an exotic J(PC)=1(-+) resonant state in the 1 to 2 GeV mass range. Our partial wave analysis shows production of the a(2)(1320) and the pi(2)(1670) mesons, but no evidence for the a(1)(1260), nor the pi(1)(1600) exotic state at the expected levels. An upper limit of 13.5 nb is determined for the exotic pi(1)(1600) cross section, less than 2% of the a(2)(1320) production.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.102002

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.102002

M3 - Article

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 102

SP - -

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 10

M1 - 102002

ER -

Search for the Photoexcitation of Exotic Mesons in the pi(+)pi(+)pi(-) System

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