Analysis of data for p f₁(1285)p photoproduction

The photoproduction of the f(1)(1285) meson off the proton target is investigated within an effective Lagrangian approach. The t-channel rho- and omega-exchange diagrams, u-channel nucleon-exchange diagram, generalized contact term, and s-channel pole diagrams of the nucleon and a minimal number of nucleon resonances are taken into account in constructing the reaction amplitudes to describe the experimental data. Three different models, that is, the Feynman, Regge, and interpolated Regge models, are employed, where the t-channel reaction amplitudes are constructed in Feynman, Regge, and interpolated Regge types, respectively. The results show that neither the Feynman model with two nucleon resonances nor the interpolated Regge model with one nucleon resonance can satisfactorily reproduce the available data for gamma p -> f(1)(1285)p . Nevertheless, in the Regge model, when any one of the N(1990)7/2(+), N(2000)5/2(+), N(2040)3/2(+), N(2060)5/2(-), N(2100)1/2(+), N(2120)3/2(-), N(2190)7/2(-), N(2300)1/2(+), and resonances is considered, the data can be well described. The resulting resonance N(2570)5/2- parameters are consistent with those advocated in the Particle Data Group (PDG) review. Further analysis shows that, in the high-energy region, the peaks of gamma p -> f(1)(1285)p differential cross sections at forward angles are dominated by the contributions from t-channel rho- and omega-exchange diagrams, while in low-energy region, the s-channel pole diagrams of resonances also provide significant contributions to the gamma p -> f(1)(1285)p cross sections.