Searching for Phi Radiative Decays with the Radphi experiment

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.