Study of the Reaction $\pi^- p \to N K^0_S K^0_S$ at 6.0-{GeV}/$c$ and 7.0-{GeV}/$c$

Polychronakos, V.A. ; Cason, N.M. ; Bishop, J.M. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 19 (1979) 1317, 1979.
Inspire Record 7273 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.24309

The KS0KS0 system produced in the reaction π−p→nKS0KS0 at 6.0 and 7 0 GeV/c has been studied utilizing the ANL 1.5-m streamer-chamber facility. A 400 000-photograph exposure yielded 5096 unweighted nKS0KS0 events. The cross section for this reaction was determined to be 9.6 ± 1.3 μb at 6.0 GeV/c and 8.7 ± 1.1 μb at 7.0 GeV/c. The decay angular distributions were parametrized in terms of moments of the spherical harmonics. The 〈Y40〉 moment was fitted to interfering Breit-Wigner amplitudes for the f and f′ mesons. Using this fit, the branching ratio R=Γ(f→KK¯)Γ(f→all) was found to be (2.3 ± 0.8)%. An energy-independent production-amplitude analysis revealed an enhancement in the S-wave amplitude near 1300 MeV. The properties of the S-wave enhancement are discussed and compared with those observed in other recent experiments. Extrapolated cross sections for the reaction ππ→KS0KS0 are presented. We find a cross section considerably below the S-wave unitarity limit in the S* region.

1 data table

FROM FIT TO D-WAVE (M=0) KS KS, CORRECTED FOR <K+ K-> AND <KL KL> DECAY MODES.


Backward Resonance Production in pi- p --> n pi+ pi- at 8-GeV/c

Eisenstein, Bob I. ; Elliott, J. ; Mollet, W. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 18 (1978) 1370-1381, 1978.
Inspire Record 136306 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.24374

We have studied backward meson and baryon production in π−p→nπ+π− at 8 GeV/c using a streamer chamber triggered by the detection of the interaction of the neutron in thick-plate optical spark chambers. Our data sample of 866 events is dominated by the quasi-two-body final states Δ−(1232)π+, nρ0, and nf0. We study the differential and total backward cross sections for these states and the decay angular distributions of the resonances. The results for the Δ− and ρ0 indicate that both nucleon and Δ exchange in the u channel are important in their production, while f0 production is, as expected, consistent with nucleon exchange.

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