Dynamical model of $\varphi$ meson photoproduction on the nucleon and ${}^{4}He$

Abstract

We investigate $\varphi$ meson photoproduction on the nucleon and the \nuclide[4]{He} targets within a dynamical model approach based on a Hamiltonian which describes the production mechanisms by the Pomeron-exchange, meson-exchanges, $\varphi$ radiations, and nucleon resonance excitations mechanisms. The final $\varphi N$ interactions are included being described by the gluon-exchange, direct $\varphi N$ couplings, and the box-diagrams arising from the couplings with $\pi N$, $\rho N$, $K\Lambda$, and $K\Sigma$ channels. The parameters of the Hamiltonian are determined by the experimental data of $\gamma p\to \varphi p$ from the CLAS Collaboration. The resulting Hamiltonian is then used to predict the coherent $\varphi$-meson production on the \nuclide[4]{He} targets by using the distorted-wave impulse approximation. For the proton target, the final $\varphi N$ rescattering effects, as required by the unitarity condition, are found to be very weak, which supports the earlier calculations in the literature. For the \nuclide[4]{He} targets, the predicted differential cross sections are in good agreement with the data obtained by the LEPS Collaboration. The role of each mechanism in this reaction is discussed and predictions for a wide range of scattering angles are presented, which can be tested in future experiments.

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