First measurement of differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries for photoproduction of the (980) meson decaying into at 2.4 GeV

Muramatsu, Norihito*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke ; LEPS2 BGOegg Collaboration*; 61 of others*

For the first time, differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries were measured for the reaction by using a linearly polarized photon beam up to 2.4 GeV and a liquid hydrogen target. The (980) photoproduction signal was clearly observed owing to the absence of contributions from vector-meson photoproduction. The results indicate the -channel exchange of vector mesons as a mechanism of the (980) photoproduction at approximate to 2.1 GeV, putting constraints on the nature of (980).