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Hi all,<br>
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At the last hybrid meeting we had some discussion on s-p-wave
interference.<br>
I attached a slide that hopefully helps clarifying this aspect. <br>
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Any J<sup>P</sup>=1/2<sup>+</sup> and J<sup>P</sup>=1/2<sup>-</sup>
terms that overlap in energy will interfere and generate in the
Legendre expansion shown on the slide a term that is proportional to
cos(theta). In the example shown (from our CLAS publication
Phys.Rev. C78 (2008) 045209; arXiv:0804.0447 [nucl-ex] ; Phys.Rev.
C77 (2008) 015208 , arXiv:0709.1946 )<br>
the interference of the Roper P11 p-wave multipoles (S1-, M1-) with
s-wave multipoles (E0+, S0+) from the N(1535) and non-resonant terms
generates a strong cos(theta) term, half of which is due to the
resonant Roper contribution (difference between solid and dotted
lines). Of course, at this Q<sup>2</sup> the Roper is a large
amplitude and contributes to the total cross section also strongly,
but that is not the case at some smaller Q<sup>2</sup> where the
interference term is essential in extracting the Roper contribution.
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Any comments on this are appreciated.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Volker<br>
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