Diffractive Dissociation and N* Production in pi- n --> pi- pi- p at 15-GeV/c

Harris, R. ; Lubatti, H.J. ; Moriyasu, K. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 119 (1977) 189-209, 1977.
Inspire Record 110139 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.35579

Diffractive dissociation of neutrons and N ∗ production are studied in the reaction π − n → π − π − p at 15 GeV/ c . The reaction is dominated by a broad, low-mass diffractive enhancement in the pπ − mass. Evidence is presented for the production of at least one N ∗ resonance in the mass region 1.4–1.8 GeV. Comparison with ISR data suggest that this N ∗ resonance is produced by pomeron exchange. The N ∗ production occurs predominantly at t ′ > 0.1 GeV 2 which suggests a different coupling from the usual diffractive reactions. The non-resonant diffractive background is compared with a double-Regge model and the statistical dissociation model.

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DEPENDENCE OF SLOPE OF D(SIG)/DT ON <P PI-> MASS. DATA FITTED OUT TO -TP=0.4 GEV**2, EXCEPT TO 0.2 GEV**2 FOR M < 1.2 GEV.

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