[Halld-physics] Late DNP Abstract

[Michael Dugger]

Hi,

As many of you already know, Sebastian Cole recently had an emergency 
health concern (collapsed lung requiring surgery). Because of this health 
issue, Sebastian was not able to notify the collaboration regarding his 
plan to submit an abstract to the DNP conference. Sebastian is recovering 
well, has decided that he still wishes to attend the conference and wanted 
me to notify the collaboration of this desire. The intended abstract can 
be found at the bottom of this email. Please excuse us for the late 
notification.

Sincerely,
Michael

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Analysis of $K^* K$ states photoproduced from the proton

S. Cole (for the GlueX Collaboration)

No comprehensive theoretical description of hadronic matter
can be achieved without a solid knowledge of the excited meson
states. Of particular interest are the "exotic" states that
can not be described by the constituent quark model. The meson
spectrum decaying into $K^* K$ may contain such an exotic in
the form of a hybrid-meson state, where a gluon has been
promoted to being a real constituent. However, while the meson
spectrum decaying into $K^* K$ may prove very useful in
understanding hadronic matter, that spectrum has not been fully
explored. Jefferson Lab data from the GlueX collaboration for the
$\gamma p \rightarrow p K^* K$ reactions have been taken using a
linearly polarized photon beam with energies of about 9 GeV at
the coherent edge. Preliminary results of the $K^* K$ meson
spectrum will be presented.