Strangeness photoproduction at extremely forward angles at the BGO-OD experiment

Abstract

The BGO-OD experiment at the ELSA accelerator facility uses an energy tagged bremstrahlung photon beam to investigate the internal structure of the nucleon. The setup consists of a highly segmented BGO calorimeter surrounding the target, with a particle tracking magnetic spectrometer at forward angles. BGO-OD is ideal for investigating low momentum transfer processes due to the acceptance and high momentum resolution at forward angles. This enables the investigation of strangeness photoproduction where $t$-channel exchange mechanisms play a dominant role. A detailed understanding of this low-momentum transfer region is also crucial for constraints in hypernuclei electroproduction, and sensitive to any extended, molecular-like interactions that may contribute to reaction mechanisms. Progress in the study of $K^{+}\Lambda$(1405) differential cross sections and line shapes, $K^0$ photoproduction, and differential cross section measurements for $K^{+}\Lambda$ and $K^{+}{\Sigma }^0$ photoproduction at extremely forward angles is presented. Opportunities for hypernuclei studies are also discussed.

On behalf of the BGO-OD collaboration. Submitted proceedings for The 13th International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics

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