Abstract
We present a calculation of photoproduction on the proton in manifestly Lorentz-invariant baryon chiral perturbation theory up to and including chiral order . With the results we analyze the latest photoproduction data in the threshold region obtained at the Mainz Microtron. In the calculation of observables and the fit of the low-energy constants, we take , , and waves into account. We compare the results for the multipoles with the corresponding single-energy analysis. Furthermore, we also fit the heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory calculation and compare both results. We provide predictions for several polarization observables for future experiments. Finally, we discuss the parameter of the unitarity cusp which is related to the breaking of isospin symmetry.
2 More- Received 23 January 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.87.045204
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