The space-like kaon electromagnetic form factor

✍ Scribed by O.K. Baker

• Book ID: 104336560
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 316 KB
• Volume: 623
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• DOI: 10.1016/s0375-9474(97)00454-5

✦ Synopsis

The electroproduction of kaons can potentially provide information about their spacelike electromagnetic form factor at large momentum transfers. The aim of the recently completed Experiment E93-018 at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility was to measure the elementary amplitudes in the associated production mechanism. Then, in principle, it should be possible to extract the kaon form factor at Q2 = 1.0 GeV2/c 2. This momentum transfer is more than an order of magnitude higher than previously acheived in kaon form factor measurements.