First measurement of direct $f_0(980)$ photoproduction on the proton

CLAS Collaboration, M. Battaglieri, R. De Vita +1

We report on the results of the first measurement of exclusive $f_0(980)$ meson photoproduction on protons for $E_{\gamma }=3.0-3.8$ GeV and $-t=0.4-1.0$ GeV${}^2$. Data were collected w…