Photoproduction of Lambda and Sigma0 Hyperons off Protons in the Nucleon Resonance Region using CLAS at Jefferson Lab

by John W.C. McNabb

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in the Department of Physics,
Carnegie Mellon University

Final Draft: 5 Dec, 2002

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ps ps.gz Title and front matter(Abstract, Table of Contents, etc...)
ps ps.gz Chapter 1: Introduction
ps ps.gz Chapter 2: Theory and Previous Experiments
ps ps.gz Chapter 3: The Experimental Detectors and Electronics
ps ps.gz Chapter 4: Event Reconstruction
ps ps.gz Chapter 5: Analysis of the Reconstructed Events
ps ps.gz Chapter 6: Detector Simulation
ps ps.gz Chapter 7: Results
ps ps.gz Chapter 8: Discussion of Results
ps ps.gz Chapter 9: Conclusions
ps ps.gz Bibliography
ps ps.gz Appendix A: Analysis of gamma (p,n)pi+
Appendix B: Measured Cross-Section for gamma(p,lambda)k+
Appendix C: Measured Cross-Section for gamma(p,sigma0)k+
Appendix D: Measured Cross-Section for gamma(p,n)pi+
Appendix E: Measured Polarization for gamma(p,lambda)k+
Appendix F: Measured Polarization for gamma(p,sigma0)k+
ps ps.gz Appendix G: List of Cooked Files Used
pdf Slides from the Thesis Defense

The results for the differential cross sections and the hyperon recoil polarization have been published in Physical Review C as J.W.C. NcNabb, R.A. Schumacher, L. Todor (CLAS Collaboration), et al. Phys. Rev. C 69 042201(R) (2004).

The numerical values for the *cross sections* obtained in this study have been superceded by the later work of R. Bradford et al., Phys. Rev. C, (to be published ~March 2006). A text file with those numerical values can be downloaded here: CROSS SECTION DATA FILE.

The numerical values for the *hyperon recoil polarizations* obtained in this study can be downloaded here: K+Lambda RECOIL POLARIZATION DATA FILE and K+Sigma0 RECOIL POLARIZATION DATA FILE.

Questions about the data can be addressed to Reinhard Schumacher: (schumacher@cmu.edu), or John McNabb: (mcnabb@gravity.psu.edu )