Nuclear Physics Seminar
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
November 19, 2004
Searching for Phi Radiative Decays with the Radphi experiment
presented by
Richard T. Jones
University of Connecticut
Abstract
Radiative decays of excited mesons provide a unique opportunity for
testing hypotheses for the structure of these states. Radiative decays
of the Φ meson to the scalar states
f
(980) and
a
(985)
can distinguish between several theoretical models of these light scalars.
New measurements of these decays have been reported recently from
"phi factory" experiments, with some interesting implications. The
Radphi experiment represents an attempt to find these decays in the
context of a fixed-target photoproduction experiment at Jefferson Lab.
The status of that search will be presented, together with lessons
learned along the way.
Powerpoint Slides
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0402151.