Proton and deuteron mass radii from near-threshold $\varphi$-meson photoproduction

Abstract

We analyze the exclusive $\varphi$-meson photoproduction on both hydrogen and deuterium targets based on the published data of CLAS, SAPHIR and LEPS collaborations. A dipole-form scalar gravitational form factor is applied to describe the $|t|$-dependence of the differential cross section. Based on the average of all the near-threshold data from CLAS, SAPHIR and LEPS, we find that the proton and deuteron mass radii are $0.75\pm 0.02$ fm and $1.95\pm 0.19$ fm respectively. The coherent and near-threshold quarkonium photoproduction seems to be sensitive to the radius of the hadronic system. The vector-meson-dominance model together with a low-energy QCD theorem well describe the data of near-threshold $\varphi$ photoproduction on the hadronic systems.

Comments: 6 pages, 6 figures