Strangeness Photoproduction at the BGO-OD Experiment
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/ Authors
T. C. Jude, S. Alef, D. Bayadilov, R. Beck, M. Becker, A. Bella, P. Bielefeldt, S. Boese, A. Braghieri, K. Brinkmann
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P. Cole, F. Curciarello, V. De Leo, R. Di Salvo, H. Dutz, D. Elsner, A. Fantini, O. Freyermuth, S. Friedrich, F. Frommberger, V. Ganenko, G. Gervino, F. Ghio, G. Giardina, S. Goertz, A. Gridnev, E. Gutz, D. Hammann, J. Hannappel, P. Hartmann, W. Hillert, A. Ignatov, R. Jahn, R. Joosten
/ Abstract
BGO-OD is a newly commissioned experiment to investigate the internal structure of the nucleon, using an energy tagged bremsstrahlung photon beam at the ELSA electron facility. 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 meson photoproduction. The extensive physics programme for open strangeness photoproduction is introduced, and preliminary analysis presented.