Speaker
Mathieu Ronayette
(CEA Saclay)
Description
Exclusive $\phi$ meson electroproduction is a promising channel to investigate the gluonic structure of the nucleon. The objective of this analysis is to extract the cross section for $\phi$ electroproduction on the neutron using CLAS12 RG-B data collected with a deuterium target. The $\phi$ meson is reconstructed through its $K^+K^-$ decay channel.
The analysis focuses on event selection, yield extraction from invariant-mass fits, and acceptance corrections based on Monte Carlo simulations. Preliminary differential cross sections are presented in view of future comparisons with $\phi$ electroproduction on bound and free proton targets.
Author
Mathieu Ronayette
(CEA Saclay)