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.