Abstract

Hyperon recoil polarization measurements for the exclusive electroproduction of K+? and K+?0 final states from an unpolarized proton target have been carried out using the CLAS12 spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory. The measurements at beam energies of 6.535 and 7.546 GeV span the range of four-momentum transfer Q2 from 0.3 to 4.5 GeV2 and invariant massW from 1.6 to 2.4 GeV, while covering the full center-of-mass angular range of the K+. These new ? polarization observables extend the existing data in a similar kinematic range but from a significantly larger dataset. However, they represent the first electroproduction measurements of this observable for the ?0. These data will allow for better exploration of the reaction mechanism in strangeness production, for further understanding of the spectrum and structure of excited nucleon states that couple to KY, and for improved insight into the strong interaction in the nonperturbative domain. © 2025 American Physical Society