Coherent phi and omega meson photoproduction from deuteron and non-diffractive channels

Abstract

For coherent photoproduction of phi and omega mesons from deuteron at forward angles, the isovector pi-exchange amplitude is strongly suppressed. We show a possibility to study the non-diffractive channels associated with the unnatural parity exchange in phi-photoproduction and with the baryon resonance excitations in omega-photoproduction by measuring the spin observables.

Comments: 5 pages, 7 figures