[clas12_rgk] Abstract for DNP

[Izzy Illari]

Dear all,

Copied below is my abstract for this year's DNP for approval. I would 
appreciate any comments or contributions. Thank you in advance for the help.

-title-
Determination of Kinematical Bins for η and η’ Electroproduction with 
JLab's CLAS12 Detector
-/title-

-abstract-
The CLAS12 physics program is involved in the studies of the nucleon 
resonance spectrum and structure in electroproduction of a large variety 
of final states. With new CLAS12 data, we can investigate the 
electroproduction of the η and η’ mesons, which will provide a useful 
tool to study nucleon resonances N*. Due to the fact that both η and η’ 
have isospin I = 0 this provides an “isospin filter” that allows us to 
access nucleon resonances where I = ½. This work uses the 6.5 GeV data 
collected by CLAS12, with center of mass energy W ∼ 1-3 GeV, photon 
virtuality Q2 ∼ 0-6 GeV2, and luminosity 54 fb-1. The purpose of this 
work is to measure the differential cross section for η and η’ 
electroproduction. One of the steps necessary for this measurement is 
the determination of the bins and bin sizes for the kinematical 
parameters W, Q2, cosθ*, and ϕ*. This will require the development of 
programs that filter the data and the application of fiducial cuts to 
the remaining final states. After the data has been reduced to the 
relevant final states we will develop an automatic method to fit each 
individual kinematical bin and determine the goodness of said fit. This 
will enable us to extract the η and η’ signal in each bin to determine 
which bins can be used and which will need to be adjusted or rejected. 
Finally, to verify η and η’ detection, we will perform Monte Carlo 
simulations for comparison. This work is in contrast to the bulk of the 
current world database, which focuses on πN final states.
-/abstract-

Sincerely,

Izzy

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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, The George Washington University
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The George Washington University (Jan 2020)
B.A. in Physics
Barnard College, Columbia University (May 2017)

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