Production Characteristics of the F Meson

The DASP collaboration Brandelik, R. ; Braunschweig, W. ; Martyn, H.U. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 80 (1979) 412-418, 1979.
Inspire Record 132410 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27370

Inclusive cross sections of η production by e + e - annihilation for c.m. energies between 4.0 and 5.0 GeV are presented. The η production is shown to be correlated with the production of a weakly decaying particle, indicating that its main source is F production. At the 4.42 GeV resonance it is correlated with a low energy photon, suggesting F F ∗ or F ∗ F ∗ production. A mass determination of the F is made at 4.42 GeV using the F → ηπ decay channel.

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NUMERICAL VALUES MEASURED FROM GRAPH IN PREPRINT. A CHARM MODEL (METHOD 2) GAVE CONSISTENT RESULTS FOR BACKGROUND SEPARATION.