Cascade Photoproduction at CLAS

ORAL

Abstract

The doubly-strange baryon spectrum has received some attention recently with the advent of using an unflavored photon beam to excite protons to the ``Cascade'' ($\Xi$) states. There are several potential advantages with such an experiment when one considers the narrowness of the signals claimed from strangeness-beam experiments carried out in the 60's and 70's. I will present recent results from CLAS at Jefferson Lab including cross sections and upper-limits, after which I will discuss physical and theoretical implications.

Authors

  • John Goetz

    Ohio Univ

  • Ken Hicks

    Ohio Univ