Vector meson-baryon dynamics in photoproduction reactions around 2 GeV

Abstract

We investigate the role of vector mesons and coupled-channel unitarization on photoproduction reactions o_ the proton at energies around 2 GeV. We explain the sudden drop on the γp → K0Σ+ cross section, observed recently by the CBELSA/TAPS collaboration, by a delicate interference between amplitudes having K*Λ and K*Σ intermediate states modulated by the presence of a nearby N* resonance produced by our model, a feature that we have employed to predict its properties. We also show the importance of coupled-channel unitarization in the γp → K*0Σ+ reaction, measured recently by CBELSA/TAPS and CLAS with conflicting results.