Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
Abstract:
Two theoretical models of γd → pn are developed to study the differential cross-section and'the proton polarization data in a coherent way. The first model is an extension of conventional diagrammatic summations of Born terms and isobar excitation terms. The second model is novel in that the isobar excitation terms are replaced by experimentally determined γN → Nπ helicity amplitudes. The second model allows us to extend to higher energies with the introduction of only one arbitrary parameter. The differential cross-section data are fairly well reproduced in the whole energy range, while the proton polarization data are very far removed from the calculations.