A study of pseudoscalar states produced centrally in p p interactions at 450-GeV/c.

The WA102 collaboration Barberis, D. ; Beusch, W. ; Binon, F.G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 427 (1998) 398-402, 1998.
Inspire Record 468687 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.41628

A study has been made of pseudoscalar mesons produced centrally in pp interactions. The results show that the eta and etaprime appear to have a similar production mechanism which differs from that of the pi0. The production properties of the eta and etaprime are not consistent with what is expected from double Pomeron exchange. In addition the production mechanism for the eta and etaprime is such that the production cross section are greatest when the azimuthal angle between the pT vectors of the two protons is 90 degrees.

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Resonance production as a function of dPT - the difference in the transverse momentum vectors of the two exchange particles, expressed as a percentage of its total contribution.

T distributions have been fitted to the form D(SIG)/D(T) = const(NAME=ALPHA)*EXP(-SLOPE(C=1)*T) + const(NAME=BETA)*T**2*EXP(-SLOPE(C=2)*T).


A Study of the centrally produced pi+ pi- pi0 channel in p p interactions at 450-GeV/c

The WA102 collaboration Barberis, D. ; Beusch, W. ; Binon, F.G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 422 (1998) 399-404, 1998.
Inspire Record 466032 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.41629

The reaction pp -> pf (pi+pi-pi0) ps has been studied at 450 GeV/c in an experiment designed to search for gluonic states. A spin analysis has been performed and the dPT filter applied. The analysis confirms the previous observation that all undisputed qqbar states are suppressed at small dPT. In addition, a clear difference is observed in the production mechanism for the eta and omega.

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SIG(C=TOT) denotes the total cross section for each resonance. The variable ABS(PT(P=3)-PT(P=4)) is used as a glueball-QUARK QUARKBAR filter (see F.E.Close and A.Krik, PL 397B, 333 (1997)).


A study of the centrally produced 4pi channel in pp interactions at 450 GeV/c

The WA102 collaboration Barberis, D. ; Beusch, W. ; Binon, F.G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 413 (1997) 217-224, 1997.
Inspire Record 445413 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.47448

The reaction pp -> pf (pi+pi-pi+pi-) ps has been studied at 450 GeV/c in an experiment designed to search for gluonic states. A spin analysis has been performed and the dPT filter applied. In addition to the well known f1(1285) there is evidence for two JPC=2-+ states called the eta2(1620) and eta2(1875) and a broad scalar called the f0(2000). The production of these states as a function of the dPT kinematical filter shows the behaviour expected for qqbar states. In contrast, there is evidence for two states at 1.45 GeV and at 1.9 GeV which do not show the behaviour observed for qqbar states.

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SIG(C=TOT) denotes the total cross section for each resonance.