rho0 meson production in the p p --> p p pi+ pi- reaction at 3.67-GeV/c.

The DISTO collaboration Balestra, F. ; Bedfer, Y. ; Bertini, R. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 89 (2002) 092001, 2002.
Inspire Record 594195 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19405

Total and differential cross sections for the exclusive reaction pp->pp rho^0 observed via the pi+pi- decay channel have been measured at beam momentum=3.67 GeV/c. The observed total meson production cross section is determined to be 23.4 +- 0.8 +-8 microb and is significantly lower than typical cross sections used in model calculations for heavy ion collisions. The differential cross sections measured indicate a strong anisotropy cos^2(theta^{CM}) in the rho^0 meson production.

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Total cross section determined by normalising to the simultaneously measured ETA yield to the known cross section of 135 +- 35 MUB.