Photoproduction of meson pairs: First measurement of the polarization observable I^s
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/ Authors
E. Gutz, V. Sokhoyan, H. van Pee, A. V. Anisovich, J. C. S. Bacelar, B. Bantes, O. Bartholomy, D. Bayadilov, R. Beck, Yu. Beloglazov
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R. Castelijns, V. Crede, H. Dutz, D. Elsner, R. Ewald, F. Frommberger, M. Fuchs, Ch. Funke, R. Gregor, A. Gridnev, W. Hillert, Ph. Hoffmeister, I. Horn, I. Jaegle, J. Junkersfeld, H. Kalinowsky, S. Kammer, V. Kleber, Frank Klein, Friedrich Klein, E. Klempt, M. Kotulla, B. Krusche, M. Lang
/ Abstract
The polarization observable I^s, a feature exclusive to the acoplanar kinematics of multi-meson final states produced via linearly polarized photons, has been measured for the first time. Results for the reaction g p -> p pi0 eta are presented for incoming photon energies between 970 MeV and 1650 MeV along with the beam asymmetry I^c. The comparably large asymmetries demonstrate a high sensitivity of I^s to the dynamics of the reaction. Fits using Bonn-Gatchina partial wave analysis demonstrate that the new polarization observables carry significant information on the contributing partial waves.