Measurement of Polarization Observables for the $\Lambda$ in the reaction $\gamma p \rightarrow K^{+} \Lambda$.

Spin observables are important to understand the production mechanisms of hyperons, as well as the contribution of intermediate baryon resonances. $\Lambda$ polarizations observables have been studied extensively in the recent decades using the reaction $\gamma + p \rightarrow K^{+} + \Lambda$. This talk presents the measurement of transferred polarization coefficients $C_{X}$ and $C_{Z}$, and the induced polarization $P$, using a new set of high statistics data, obtained using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer(CLAS) detector at Jefferson Lab. The photon beam energy range is 1.117 to 5.45 GeV. These results ($C_{X}$, $C_{Z}$ and $P$) are extracted simultaneously using the Maximum Likelihood Method. The measurements for $C_{X}$ and $C_{Z}$ have nearly an order of magnitude increase in events compared to previously published results and also extend the kinematic range for $W > 2.46$ GeV, important for both, the search for high-mass nucleon states as well as to provide information about non-resonant contributions.