Photo- and Electron-Production of Mesons on Nucleons and Nuclei

Abstract

In these lectures I will show some results obtained with the chiral unitary approach applied to the photo and electroproduction of mesons. The results for photoproduction of $\eta {\pi }^{0}p$ and $K^0{\pi }^0{\Sigma }^{+}$, together with related reactions will be shown, having with common denominator the excitation of the $\Delta (1700)$ resonance which is one of those dynamically generated in the chiral unitary approach. Then I will show results obtained for the $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to \varphi f_0(980)$ reaction which reproduce the bulk of the data except for a pronounced peak, giving support to a new mesonic resonance, X(2175). Results will also be shown for the electromagnetic form factors of the $N^{\ast }(1535)$ resonance, also dynamically generated in this approach. Finally, I will show some results on the photoproduction of the $\omega$ in nuclei, showing that present experimental results claiming a shift of the $\omega$ mass in the medium are tied to a particular choice of background and are not conclusive. One the other hand, the same experimental results show unambiguously a huge increase of the $\omega$ width in the nuclear medium.

arXiv commentLecture at the "International School of Nuclear Physics", 29th Course Quarks in Hadrons and Nuclei, Erice, Italy, September 2007. Note added in Proofs concerning the mixed events technique and other comments on omega production

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