Photoproduction Reactions and Non-Strange Baryon Spectroscopy

TL;DR

This paper reviews two decades of photon beam experiments on meson production to explore the spectrum of light, non-strange baryons, providing a comprehensive data summary and its impact on baryon spectroscopy.

Contribution

It compiles and summarizes extensive experimental data on non-strange baryon spectroscopy from photon-induced reactions over twenty years.

Findings

Extensive experimental data on meson photoproduction

Insights into the spectrum of light, non-strange baryons

Compilation of data sets and references

Abstract

We review the last two decades of using photon beams to measure the production of mesons, and in particular the information that can be obtained on the spectrum of light, non-strange baryons. This is a compendium of experimental results, which should be used as a complement to theoretical reviews of the subject. Lists of data sets are given, together with a comprehensive set of references. An indication of the impact of the data is presented with a summary of the results.