The Reactions K- p --> pi-+ Sigma+- (1385) at 4.2-GeV/c

The Amsterdam-CERN-Nijmegen-Oxford collaboration Holmgren, S.O. ; Aguilar-Benitez, M. ; Barreiro, F. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 119 (1977) 261-291, 1977.
Inspire Record 110408 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.35566

The reactions K − p→ π − Σ + (1385) and K − p→ π + Σ − (1385) are studied at 4.2 GeV c incident momentum using data from a high statistics bubble chamber experiment corresponding to ∼80 events/μb. The total and differential cross sections are presented. Amplitude analyses are performed and the complete Σ ± (1385) helicity spin density matrices are extracted. The results are compared with the predictions of the additive quark model and exchange degeneracy. A substantial cross section is observed for the reaction K − p→ π + Σ − (1385) in the forward direction, which implies exotic meson quantum numbers in the t -channel. One possible interpretation of this process provides an explanation for the small but significant violations of the additive quark model predictions observed in the reaction K − p→ π − Σ + (1385) at low four-momentum transfer. In the backward direction unnatural parity exchange is shown to give a larger contribution to K − p→ Σ − (1385) π + than natural parity exchange.

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Axis error includes +- 5/5 contribution.

Axis error includes +- 5/5 contribution.

Axis error includes +- 5/5 contribution.

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