Transition form factors of the N*(1535) as a dynamically generated resonance

TL;DR

This paper investigates the electromagnetic properties of the N*(1535) resonance, supporting its interpretation as a dynamically generated state from meson-baryon interactions, and compares theoretical predictions with experimental data.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of the N*(1535) resonance's electromagnetic transition amplitudes using a coupled channel chiral unitary approach, highlighting its meson-baryon nature and suggesting a possible quark component.

Findings

Fair agreement of transition amplitudes with experimental data

Qualitative agreement of amplitude ratios between neutron and proton states

Support for the resonance being largely dynamically generated from meson-baryon interactions

Abstract

We discuss how electromagnetic properties provide useful tests of the nature of resonances, and we study these properties for the N*(1535) which appears dynamically generated from the strong interaction of mesons and baryons. Within this coupled channel chiral unitary approach, we evaluate the A_1/2 and S_1/2 helicity amplitudes as a function of Q^2 for the electromagnetic N*(1535) to gamma* N transition. Within the same formalism we evaluate the cross section for the reactions gamma N to eta N. We find a fair agreement for the absolute values of the transition amplitudes, as well as for the Q^2 dependence of the amplitudes, within theoretical and experimental uncertainties discussed in the paper. The ratios obtained between the S_1/2 and A_1/2 for the neutron or proton states of the N*(1535) are in qualitative agreement with experiment and there is agreement on the signs. The same occurs for the ratio of cross sections for the eta photoproduction on neutron and proton targets in the vicinity of the N*(1535) energy. The global results support the idea of this resonance as being dynamically generated, hence, largely built up from meson baryon components. However, the details of the model indicate that an admixture with a genuine quark state is also demanded that could help obtain a better agreement with experimental data.