posted on 2014-02-12, 00:00authored byKei Moriya, Reinhard A. Schumacher, M. Bellis, B. Dey, Michael E. McCracken, Curtis MeyerCurtis Meyer, CLAS Collaboration
A determination of the spin and parity of the Λ(1405) is presented using photoproduction data from the CLAS detector at Jefferson Lab. The reaction γ+p→K++Λ(1405) is analyzed in the decay channel Λ(1405)→Σ++π−, where the decay distribution to Σ+π− and the variation of the Σ+ polarization with respect to the Λ(1405) polarization direction determines the parity. The Λ(1405) is produced, in the energy range 2.55