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Photo- and electroproduction of eta mesons

G. KnöchleinDieter DrechselL. Tiator

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear TheoryMesonNuclear TheoryStructure functionDegrees of freedom (physics and chemistry)FOS: Physical sciencesResonancePolarization (waves)CoincidenceNuclear Theory (nucl-th)Vector mesonNuclear ExperimentNucleon

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Eta photo- and electroproduction off the nucleon is investigated in an effective lagrangian approach that contains Born terms and both vector meson and nucleon resonance contributions. In particular, we review and develop the formalism for coincidence experiments with polarization degrees of freedom. The different response functions appearing in single and double polarization experiments have been studied. We will present calculations for structure functions and kinematical conditions that are most sensitive to details of the lagrangian, in particular with regard to contributions of nucleon resonances beyond the dominant $S_{11}$(1535) resonance.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01289506