Polarization of recoil protons from the photoproduction of neutral pions in hydrogen between 750 and 1450 MeV

• Main Author: Bloom, Elliott Daniel
• Format: Others
• Published: 1967
• Online Access: https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/1592/1/Bloom_ed_1967.pdf; Bloom, Elliott Daniel (1967) Polarization of recoil protons from the photoproduction of neutral pions in hydrogen between 750 and 1450 MeV. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/SEXB-B858. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05032005-103209 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05032005-103209>

NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document. In a recent experiment on [...] photoproduction at the Caltech 1.5 BeV Electron Synchrotron, the polarization of the recoil proton was measured. The measurement was performed using a scattering and range spark chamber built out of variable thickness carbon modules. The sample of [...] was pure to better than 98%. Approximately 3500 useful scatters were obtained to yield polarization values, around 60[...] c.m. for the produced pion, for incoming photon energies 750 [...] k [...] 1450 MeV. The polarization values were obtained with a maximum likelihood method. A thorough investigation was made of all analyzing power data available for proton carbon scattering. The results indicate a striking angular dependence, with the polarization changing sign for [...] ~ 60[degrees] to 70[degrees] throughout the energy region covered. These results are interpreted in the framework of an isobar model of [...] photoproduction with Regge-ized [...] exchange amplitude added.