Evidence for the Strangeness S=+1 Pentaquark from LEPS and CLAS Experiments

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  • K. H. Hicks
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There are now several experimental collaborations that have seen evidence for a narrow state in the mass spectrum of the (nK) system. Two of these experiments, from the LEPS collaboration in Japan and the CLAS collaboration in the USA, are described briefly. Both use similar photoproduction reactions with a KK pair in the final state. In addition, data from the CLAS collaboration for the γp→ KsK n reaction are presented for the first time, which has no prominant peak in the (nK) mass spectrum when the Ks angle is limited to forward angles.

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تاریخ انتشار 2003