PHOTOPRODUCTION OF THE Σ*- RESONANCE FROM THE NEUTRON

Abstract

Data for the reaction [Formula: see text] was measured at the LEPS detector using a linearly polarized photon beam produced by laser-backscattering at the SPring-8 facility. The cross sections are in good agreement with predictions from a theoretical model by Oh, Ko and Nakayama. This model, which uses SU (3) flavor symmetry, suggests that the coupling constants for strange-particle production in the baryon decuplet can be predicted with reasonable accuracy using this symmetry.