I. Anthony

Design of a tagged photon spectrometer for use with the Mainz 840-MeV microtron

Abstract This paper describes the design and initial field testing of a photon tagging spectrometer which has been installed on the 840 MeV electron microton at the Institut fur Kernphysik in Mainz. The spectrometer, which will enable bremsstrahlung produced photons in the energy range 40–790 MeV to be tagged, forms part of a proposed real photon beam facility for carrying out experiments on photonuclear reactions at intermediate energies.

Upgrade of the Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer for Mainz MAMI-C

The Glasgow photon tagging spectrometer at Mainz has been upgraded so that it can be used with the 1500MeV electron beam now available from the Mainz microtron MAMI-C. The changes made and the resulting properties of the spectrometer are discussed.

Linearly polarized photons at MAMI (Mainz)

Abstract Coherent bremsstrahlung is produced using the 855 MeV electron beam of the Mainz three-stage racetrack microtron MAMI and a diamond crystal inserted as a radiator into the MAMI tagging system. By counting only the electrons on the tagger ladder an intensity spectrum ranging from 50 MeV to 800 MeV was obtained with good statistical accuracy in a running time of 2 s. This short running time makes it possible to measure a complete intensity pattern versus photon energy for different orientations of the diamond crystal in about 15 minutes. By comparing these measured intensity patterns with calculations it becomes possible to precisely align the crystal axes with respect to the axes of the goniometer. Relative intensities of coherent bremsstrahlung are determined experimentally by normalizing the diamond data to data obtained with an amorphous Ni radiator. Good agreement is obtained between experiment and prediction when taking into account the beam divergence, multiple scattering of electrons in the radiator, the Z dependence of the bremsstrahlung spectrum and the finite Debye temperature of diamond. With a collimated photon beam having an aperture of half the characteristic angle degrees of linear polarization appear to be possible ranging from 80% at 200 MeV over 65% at 300 MeV and 55% at 400 MeV to 35% at 500 MeV.

Two-body photodisintegration of the deuteron from 100 to 800 MeV

Abstract The total and the differential cross sections for the D(γ,p)n reaction have been measured over the photon energy range 100-800 MeV at the 855 MeV MAMI Microtron in Mainz. Using the large acceptance detector DAPHNE in conjunction with the Glasgow tagging spectrometer, high precision results with small systematic errors were obtained. The data are presented in the form of thirty-five angular distributions at c.m. proton angles between 30°–160° in 10° intervals and at photon energies in steps of 20 MeV. Previous experimental work is reassessed in the light of the present results and comparison with some recent theoretical calculations.

A tagged photon spectrometer for use with the mainz 180 MeV microtron

This paper describes a photon tagging system which has been installed on the 180 MeV electron microtron at the Institut fur Kernphysik in Mainz for use in experiments on photonuclear reactions at intermediate energies. The system enables bremsstrahlung produced photons in the energy range 80–174 MeV to be tagged at rates up to 5×107 s−1.

Proton photoproduction from 12C

Abstract The 12 C(γ,p) differential cross-section in the Δ-resonance region has been measured using tagged photons. Data are presented for 20 MeV wide photon energy bins at 200, 300, 400 and 500 MeV and for proton angles from 52° to 128°. The present 12 C(γ,p) measurements are compared with previous experiments carried out at Frascati, Tokyo and Bonn. Comparisons are also made with theoretical calculations developed at Gent and Valencia which provide an interpretation of the photon reaction mechanism in terms of the major contributing processes. Coincidence data with correlated neutrons, protons and pions are also presented.

Compton scattering by the proton through θcms = 75° and 90° in the Δ-resonance region

Abstract Differential cross sections for Compton scattering by the proton have been measured in the energy interval between 200 and 500 MeV at scattering angles of θ cms = 75° and θ cms = 90° using the CATS, the CATS/TRAJAN, and the COPP setups with the Glasgow Tagger at MAMI (Mainz). The data are compared with predictions from dispersion theory using photo-meson amplitudes from the recent VPI solution SM95. The experiment and the theoretical procedure are described in detail. It is found that the experiment and predictions are in agreement as far as the energy dependence of the differential cross sections in the Δ-range is concerned. However, there is evidence that a scaling down of the resonance part of the M 1+ 3 2 photo-meson amplitude by (2.8 ± 0.9)% is required in comparison with the VPI analysis. The deduced value of the M 1+ 3 2 - photoproduction amplitude at the resonance energy of 320 MeV is: |M 1+ 3 2 | = (39.6 ± 0.4) × 10 −3 m π + −1 .

Scattering of photons by the proton through θcms = 90° in the Δ-resonance region☆

Abstract The differential cross section for the scattering of photons by the proton was measured in the energy range Eγ = 250−500 MeV at the scattering angle θcms = 90° ± 3°. The tagged photon beam of the MAMI accelerator was used and both the scattered photon and the recoil proton were detected. The data essentially are consistent with dispersion theories, and remove the discrepancy that has existed above 290 MeV between theory and earlier published experimental results.

Elastic and inelastic photon scattering from 12C

Abstract The elastic and inelastic photon scattering from 12 C was investigated in the energy range of the Δ-resonance ( E γ = 200–500 MeV) at a scattering angle of 40°. The experiment was performed with the tagged photon facility at the cw electron accelerator MAMI ( E e − = 855 MeV). By using a large NaI(Tl) detector having an energy resolution of 1.5%, the elastic scattering could be separated from the inelastic process to the first excited state ( E x = 4.44 MeV of 12 C. The differential cross section for the coherent scattering is compared with a simple static ansatz, that uses the known charge form factor, and with a recent Δ-hole calculation.

Compton scattering by the proton through θcms = 75° in the Δ-resonance region

Using the tagged-photon beam of MAMI (Mainz) differential cross-sections for Compton scattering by the proton through θcms = 75° have been measured for the Δ-resonance region from 200 to 410 MeV. The data put a new constraint on the M1+32 photoproduction amplitude in the resonance, |M1+32| = (39.6 ± 0.4) · 10−3mπ+−1 at 320 MeV, which is (2.8 ± 0.9) % less than given by the recent analysis SM95 of the Virginia group.