Dalitz Decay of Pseudoscalar Mesons from Photoproduction on Hydrogen Target with CLAS
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Abstract
Experimental results on the Dalitz decay of pseudoscalar mesons P($\pi^{0}, \eta, \eta^{\prime} $) $\rightarrow e^{+} e^{-} \gamma$ produced in the photoproduction reaction $\gamma$ + p $\rightarrow$ P($\pi^{0}, \eta, \eta^{\prime} $) + p on a Hydrogen target, with CLAS setup at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), are presented. The total statistics collected for $\pi^{0}, \eta$ Dalitz decay exceeds the world's published statistics by an order of magnitude, while the Dalitz decay of $\eta^{\prime} \rightarrow e^{+} e^{-} \gamma$ is observed and measured for the first time. The data obtained will allow for measurements of transition form factors that are encoded in the mass spectrum of the $e^{+} e^{-}$ system. The current status of analysis of the $\pi^{0}, \eta$ transition form factors and the search for the heavy photon from the $e^{+} e^{-}$ mass system will be discussed.
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Authors
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Michael Kunkel
Old Dominion University
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Moskov Amaryan
Old Dominion University
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Michael Paolone
Temple University, Temple University, University of South Carolina
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Dennis Weygand
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Jefferson Lab