[Jlab-seminars] Today's Physics Seminar: Sean Dobbs; From Light Hadrons to Charm: Early Results from the GlueX Experiment

[Stephanie Tysor]

Physics Seminar
Sean Dobbs
Northwestern University

>From Light Hadrons to Charm: Early Results from the GlueX Experiment

Abstract:

The primary goal of the GlueX experiment is to study gluonic degrees of freedom in QCD by mapping the light meson spectrum, with a focus on searching for and studying hybrid mesons. GlueX uses the new 12 GeV electron beam at JLab to generate a photon beam peaking at 9 GeV with a high degree of linear  polarization, incident on a hydrogen target surrounded by a solenoidal spectrometer.  The massive photoproduction data set being collected by GlueX also enables the study of a wide variety of physics topics.  I will discuss the current status of the experiment, present several results from our commissioning run, including the first observation of the charmed meson J/psi at Jefferson Lab, and discuss the future outlook of the experiment.


Thursday, February 16, 21016
4:00pm
CEBAF Auditorium



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Stephanie Tysor
Hall A Administrative Assistant
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
(office)757-269-6005 (fax)757-269-5235