Neutral pion photoproduction on the nucleon in a chiral quark model

Abstract

A chiral quark-model approach is adopted to study the $\gamma p\to {\pi }^{0}p$ and $\gamma n\to {\pi }^{0}n$ reactions. Good descriptions of the total and differential cross sections and single-polarization observables are obtained from the pion production threshold up to the second resonance region. It is found that (i) the $n=0$ shell resonance $\Delta (1232)P_{33}$, the $n=1$ shell resonances $N(1535)S_{11}$ and $N(1520)D_{13}$, and the $n=2$ shell resonance $N(1720)P_{13}$ play crucial roles in these two processes. They are responsible for the first, second and third bump structures in the cross sections, respectively. (ii) Furthermore, obvious evidences of $N(1650)S_{11}$ and $\Delta (1620)S_{31}$ are also found in the reactions. They notably affect the cross sections and the polarization observables from the second resonance region to the third resonance region. (iii) The $u$-channel background plays a crucial role in the reactions. It has strong interferences with the $s$-channel resonances. (iv) The $t$-channel background seems to be needed in the reactions. Including the $t$-channel vector-meson exchange contribution, the descriptions in the energy region $E_{\gamma }=600\sim 900$ MeV are improved significantly. The helicity amplitudes of the main resonances, $\Delta (1232)P_{33}$, $N(1535)S_{11}$, $N(1520)D_{13}$, $N(1720)P_{13}$, $N(1650)S_{11}$ and $\Delta (1620)S_{31}$, are extracted and compared with the results from other groups.

20 pages, 17 figures

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