Electromagnetic production of mesons

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

An introduction to the electromagnetic production of mesons, with emphasis on the process of photoproduction. Introducing basic concepts and importand aspects of the models (with emphasis on models based on effective Lagrangians) for understanding the topic.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. An overview of used models; kinematics; observables

2. An overview of experimental facilities

3. Isobar model for meson photoproductions

4. Gauge invariance in the isobar model

5. Form factors in the isobar model

6. Exchanges of resonances with spin larger than ½

7. Extension to meson electroproduction

8. Regge theory and Regge-plus-resonance model

9. Statistical methods for model selection

10. Weizsäcker-Williams approximation

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Study materials:

[1] P. D. B. Collins, An introduction to Regge theory and high energy physics (Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge, 1977).

[2] D. Skoupil and P. Bydžovský, Photoproduction of KΛ on the proton, Phys. Rev. C 93, 025204 (2016).

[3] D. Skoupil and. P. Bydžovský, Photo- and electroproduction of K+Λ with a unitarity-restored isobar model, Phys. Rev. C 97, 025202 (2018).

[4] P. Bydžovský and, D. Skoupil, Photoproduction of K+Λ within a Regge-plus-resonance model, Phys. Rev. C 100, 035202 (2019).

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderná a částicová fyzika (elective course)
• Nuclear and Particle Physics (elective course)