Polarization observables in strangeness photoproduction with CLAS at Jefferson Lab

Paterson, Craig Alexander (2008) Polarization observables in strangeness photoproduction with CLAS at Jefferson Lab. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

This work presents measurements of several polarization observables for the reactions gammap → K+Lambda0 and gammap → K+ Sigma0. The data were collected in the summer of 2005 at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, using a linearly polarized photon beam in the energy range 1.66 GeV < √s < 2.24 GeV. In addition to measuring the photon asymmetry, target asymmetry and hyperon recoil polarization, first ever measurements are made for the double polarization observables O[x] and O[z]. The measurements of the photon and target asymmetries vastly increase the precision of the current world dataset, as well as extending the angular coverage.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: High energy physics, nuclear physics and radiation, photons, polarized beams.
• Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
• Colleges/Schools: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisor's Name: Rosner, Professor Gunther and Ireland, Dr. David
• Date of Award: 2008
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:2008-74042
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2019 15:33
• Last Modified: 11 Jul 2021 13:59
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.74042
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/74042