Photopion Production at Higher Energies
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: Jefferson Lab Physics & Instrumentation with 6-12 GeV Beams, Newport News, VA (US), 06/15/1998--06/18/1998; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 1998
- Subject
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS DEGREES OF FREEDOM
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PHOTOPRODUCTION
PHYSICS
PIONS
PRODUCTION
QUARK MODEL
QUARKS
TARGETS
- Language
- English
Photopion production from a nucleon target is a fundamental process that is essential for studies of high-energy photoreactions in nuclei and for the study of quark models in the high energy regime. The approved JLAB experiment E94-104 uses a 6 GeV beam to investigate the constituent quark counting rule for the gamma n --> pi{sup -} p differential cross section. This measurement can be extended to 8 GeV as JLAB energies are upgraded. Quark model predictions for the momentum dependence of the ratio of pi{sup -} to pi{sup +} photoproduction from the nucleon make their relative cross-section an important observable to investigate at high energies. Not only will it provide a decisive test of pion photoproduction models, but it is an excellent means of investigating the transition from a description based on nucleon-meson degrees of freedom to a QCD-based description in terms of quark-gluon degrees of freedom.