Radiative decays of low-lying excited-state hyperons

dc.contributor.advisorMutchler, Gordon S.en_US
dc.creatorTaylor, Simon Johnen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:29:06Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:29:06Zen_US
dc.date.issued2000en_US
dc.description.abstractThe quark wave-functions of the lower-lying excited-state hyperons Λ(1405), Λ(1385), and Λ(1520) are not well understood. For example, the Λ(1405) may not be a regular three-quark state but K¯N molecule. Several competing models have been proposed, but none have been convincingly eliminated. Measuring radiative decays provides a means of discriminating between the models. The radiative branching ratios are predicted to be small (∼1%), but the radiative widths vary by factors of 2--10 from model to model. The existing experimental data is sparse and inconsistent; moreover, the radiative decay of the Sigma(1385) has never been observed before (except for one event). These lower-lying excited-state hyperons were produced in a tagged photon-beam experiment in the CLAS detector at TJNAF in the reaction gammap → K+Y* for photon energies from threshold to 2.4 GeV. The radiative branching ratio for the Sigma0(1385) relative to the Sigma0(1385) → Sigmapi0 channel was measured to be 0.021 +/- 0.008+0.004-0.007 corresponding to a partial width of 640 +/- 270+130-220 keV.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS PHYS. 2000 TAYLORen_US
dc.identifier.citationTaylor, Simon John. "Radiative decays of low-lying excited-state hyperons." (2000) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19558">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19558</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/19558en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
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dc.subjectNuclear physicsen_US
dc.titleRadiative decays of low-lying excited-state hyperonsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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