Quark model predictions for $K^*$ photoproduction on the proton

Abstract

The photoproduction of $K^*$ vector mesons is investigated in a quark model with an effective Lagrangian. Including both baryon resonance excitations and {\it t}-channel exchanges, observables for the reactions $γp\to K^{*0}Σ^+$ and $γp\to K^{*+}Σ^0$ are predicted, using the SU(3)-flavor-blind assumption of non-perturbative QCD.

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