Pseudoscalar and Scalar Meson Photoproduction Interpreted by Regge Phenomenology

Abstract

We have evaluated pseudoscalar and scalar neutral pion photoproduction in $\vec{\gamma }p\to {\pi }^{0}p$ and $\vec{\gamma }p\to a_0^{0}p$ above the resonance region and within Regge phenomenology. Our fit, including GlueX $\Sigma$ pseudoscalar photoproduction data, shows that previous SLAC $\Sigma$ measurements for $\vec{\gamma }p\to {\pi }^{0}p$ above $E_{\gamma }=4\mathrm{GeV}$ are at variance with SLAC data with more recent measurements made by GlueX in vicinity of $E_{\gamma }=9\mathrm{GeV}$. The Regge model predicts that the beam polarization asymmetry $\Sigma$ of the scalar meson is opposite to that of pseudoscalar meson photoproduction, however, the cross sections are similar. While the vector natural parity meson exchange is dominant in both cases, the contribution of the pseudovector unnatural parity meson exchange is very small. Using Regge phenomenology, we predicted high energy behavior for double polarized observables $\mathbb{E}$, $\mathbb{F}$, $\mathbb{G}$, and $\mathbb{H}$ for the reactions $\gamma p\to {\pi }^{0}p$ and $\gamma p\to a_0^{0}p$.

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