Meson Production Experiments at CLAS
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: CIPANP 2006: 9th Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Westin Rio Mar Beach, Puerto Rico, 30 May - 3 Jun 2006
- Subject
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTROPRODUCTION
MESONS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
NUCLEONS
PHOTOPRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
RESONANCE
- Language
- English
Electromagnetic meson production is an important tool in the investigation of the structure of the nucleon. Consequently, a series of meson photo- and electroproduction experiments have been performed with the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. In this overview I will report on measurements of cross sections, as well as recent and upcoming measurements of single- and double-polarization observables in meson photoproduction. The data will greatly constrain partial-wave analyses and reduce model-dependent uncertainties in the extraction of nucleon resonance properties.