Kaon photo-production on the nucleon and deuteron

TL;DR

This paper discusses isobaric models for K+ photo-production on nucleons and deuterons, highlighting their predictive capabilities and the significant impact of elementary amplitudes on cross sections.

Contribution

It introduces and evaluates isobaric models for kaon photo-production, applying them to deuteron interactions and analyzing their dependence on elementary amplitudes.

Findings

Cross section varies significantly with elementary amplitude.

Models successfully predict K0 photo-production based on K+ models.

Dependence on elementary amplitude affects inclusive cross section calculations.

Abstract

Isobaric models for the photo-production of K$^+$ are discussed and their predictions are shown in the K$^0$ photo-production. The models are further used in spectator model calculations of the K$^0$ photo-production on deuteron. Considerable dependence of the inclusive cross section on the elementary amplitude was found.