We report measurements of inelastic photoproduction of ω and ρ± mesons from hydrogen and deuterium at incident photon energies in the range 7.5-10.5 GeV. For ωΔ and ρ−Δ++ production, differential cross sections dσdt′ and spin density matrices are presented. For higher missing masses the cross sections dσdMX2 and invariant structure functions F(x) are also given. The data are compared to a one-pion-exchange model. We conclude that pion exchange is dominant for inelastic ω photoproduction, but unimportant for ρ±.
CROSS SECTION PER NUCLEON FOR COMBINED HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM DATA ALLOWING FOR A GLAUBER CORRECTION FACTOR OF 0.88 FOR THE DEUTERIUM CROSS SECTIONS.
HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM DATA COMBINED BY AVERAGING.
OBTAINED BY EXTRAPOLATING A FIT TO D(SIG)/DT OVER -T = 0 TO 0.52 GEV**2.