Abstract
The A2-CB Collaboration at Mainz is studying the structure of hadrons by meson photoproduction using unpolarised, linearly polarised and circularly polarised photons with energies up to 1.6 GeV. Photons are energy-tagged using the Glasgow-Mainz tagged photon spectrometer and a new high-energy end-point tagger which allows η’ reactions to be studied. Reaction products are detected in a ~4π detector consisting of the Crystal Ball detector and TAPS forward wall. Transverse or longitudinally polarised proton targets are available and new techniques have been developed to measure the polarisation of recoiling protons. These facilities have allowed an extensive programme of double-polarisation meson-photoproduction experiments to be carried out to search for so-called “missing baryon resonances” on proton and deuteron targets. Searches have also been carried out to investigate narrow resonances in the η-photoproduction channel at invariant masses around 1680 MeV. Coherent π 0 production measurements have been used to estimate the neutron skin thickness in 208 Pb. This paper presents selected highlights from the A2-CB collaboration research programme at MAMI.
Highlights
The 1.6 GeV Mainz electron microtron MAMI [1, 2] is a world-class facility for nuclear and hadron physics studies
This paper describes a range of meson production experiments carried out using real photons, including studies of the spectrum of baryon resonances, the existence of narrow nucleon resonances, production of strange mesons and measurements of the neutron skin thicknesses in heavy nuclei
The MAMI electron accelerator [1, 2] consists of three cascaded racetrack microtrons (RTM 1-3) and one harmonic double-sided microtron (HDSM)
Summary
The 1.6 GeV Mainz electron microtron MAMI [1, 2] is a world-class facility for nuclear and hadron physics studies. It provides a low emittance 100% duty factor electron beam which is used for experiments with real and virtual photons. This paper describes a range of meson production experiments carried out using real photons, including studies of the spectrum of baryon resonances, the existence of narrow nucleon resonances, production of strange mesons and measurements of the neutron skin thicknesses in heavy nuclei
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