Medium effects in ρ-meson photoproduction

Subthreshold Ρ 0 Photoproduction

f2, σ, AND 2π EXCHANGES IN ρ MESON PHOTOPRODUCTION YONGSEOK OH

Vector meson dominance and the ρ meson

We discuss the properties of vector mesons, in particular the ρ 0 , in the context of the Hidden Local Symmetry (HLS) model. This provides a unified framework to study several aspects of the low energy QCD sector. Firstly, we show that in the HLS model the physical photon is massless, without requiring off field diagonalization. We then demonstrate the equivalence of HLS and the two existing re...

Scalar Meson Photoproduction

The light-quark non-strange scalar mesons a0(980), f0(980), f0(1370), a0(1450), f0(1500) and f0(1710) are of great interest as there is no generally accepted view of their structure which can encompass qqq̄q̄, molecular, qq̄ and glueball states in various combinations. It has been shown previously that the radiative decays of the scalar mesons to ρ and ω are a good probe of their structure and pro...

Transversity and Meson Photoproduction

Both meson photoproduction and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering can potentially probe transversity in the nucleon. We explore how that potential can be realized dynamically. The role of rescattering in both exclusive and inclusive meson production as a source for transverse polarization asymmetry is examined. We use a dynamical model to calculate the asymmetry and relate that to the tra...