Daniel S. Carman -- CLAS Experiment

Dr. Daniel S. Carman

I am a member of the CLAS collaboration in Hall B at Jefferson Lab (TJNAF). Below I show a schematic picture of the CLAS or CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer. This detector, with nearly full coverage in polar and azimuthal angles, is being used to study photon and electron scattering from nucleons and nuclei.

I was involved in analysis related to a search for the existence of an exotic 5-quark baryon state (called the Θ⁺ pentaquark). This work received international coverage in the popular press. Follow the link below to the Ohio University web site to learn more about this work.
Pentaquark page

I am involved with a number of different experiments employing CLAS, mainly involving the electromagnetic production of strangeness. I am a co-spokesman of Hall B experiments E99-006 and E00-112 that are designed to study the reaction mechanism of kaon electroproduction.
E99-006 Abstract
E00-112 Abstract
If you are interested in more information regarding either of these Hall B experiments, please click on the box below. Of course, you can always contact me directly.

I maintain a drift chamber page for members of the CLAS collaboration interested in archival information regarding the drift chamber system. Simply click on the image below.

Last modified: March 14, 2007
Daniel S. Carman