Forward-backward angle asymmetry and polarization observables in high-energy deuteron photodisintegration

Abstract.Deuteron two-body photodisintegration is analysed within the framework of the Quark-Gluon Strings Model. It is found that the forward-backward angle asymmetry predicted by the model is confirmed by the recent data at different photon energies from JLab. New calculations for polarization observables, the cross-section asymmetry $\Sigma$ and the polarization transfer $C_{z^{\prime}}$, for photon energies $(1.2\mbox{--}6)$ GeV are presented and compared with the data available up to 2 GeV.