REACTION K- P ---> ANTI-K0 P PI- AT 6.5-GeV/c

Toaff, S. ; Musgrave, B. ; Phelan, J.J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 23 (1981) 1500-1513, 1981.
Inspire Record 167202 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.24089

Data from the ANL 12-foot bubble chamber have been used to study the K¯0π− system in the reaction K−p→K¯0pπ− at 6.5 GeV/c. Signals for the production of K*(892), K*(1430), and K*(1780) were observed with cross sections of 181±22, 41.2±6, and 8.4±2.9 ≥b, respectively. The partial waves contributing to the production of the K¯0π− system from threshold up to 1.7 GeV were studied. The principal conclusions are: (i) K*(892) and K*(1430) production is dominated by natural-parity exchange, (ii) the ratio of unnatural- to natural-parity exchange increases with the resonance mass, consistent with the predictions of a triple-Regge model, (iii) there is evidence for a broad 0+ s-wave enhancement, with considerable s−d and s−p interference, centered at 1.2 GeV, and (iv) the m=2 amplitudes are negligible.

3 data tables

<AK0 PI-> EFFECTIVE-MASS DISTRIBUTION FITTED WITH BREIT-WIGNER FUNCTIONS AND CUBIC POLYNOMIAL BACKGROUND. FITTED MASS OF KN(1800)- IS 1762 +- 9 MEV.

THE LARGE BACKGROUND UNDER THE K*(1420)- IS SUBTRACTED USING A LINEAR FIT.

NOT CORRECTED FOR PRESENCE OF BACKGROUND.