Cross sections for resonance production in the reaction pi+- p ---> p pi+- pi+ pi- at 16-GeV/c, as obtained by a maximum likelihood fit

The Aachen-Berlin-Bonn-CERN-Heidelberg collaboration Honecker, R. ; Rumpf, K. ; Tsanos, N. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 50 (1972) 157-165, 1972.
Inspire Record 84326 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32751

Cross sections for resonance production in the reactions π ± p → p π ± π + π − at 16 GeV/ c are determined by a maximum likelihood fit, making use of the measurements of all individual events. The reactions are described by a simple parametrization based on an incoherent superposition of amplitudes for quasi two-body and quasi three-body processes and a non-resonant backgroud. In this way the reflections are accounted for in a consistent way. Thus cross sections are obtained for Δ ++ , Δ 0 , ρ 0 and f 0 production which do not suffer from the uncertainties of background subtraction typical of the usual technique of fitting individual mass distributions.

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TWO PARTICLE RESONANCE CROSS SECTIONS.

CHANNEL FRACTIONS FROM THE FITS. THE AUTHORS WARN AGAINST DERIVING CROSS SECTIONS FOR THREE-PARTICLE RESONANCES.


PRISM Plot Analysis of the Reaction pi- p --> p pi+ pi- pi- at 16-GeV/c

The Aachen-Berlin-Bonn-CERN-Cracow-Heidelberg-Warsaw collaboration Grassler, H. ; Honecker, R. ; Kirk, H.G. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 113 (1976) 365-377, 1976.
Inspire Record 109661 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.35583

A prism plot analysis of the reaction π − p→p π + π − π − at 16 GeV/ c has been made and the results are compared with those obtained in a similar analysis of the reaction π + p→ p π + π + π − at the same energy. The three dominating reaction mechanisms (pion dissociation, reggeon exchange, proton diffraction dissociation) appear to be well separated, while considerable residual overlaps are present inside these classes. The prism plot method is discussed as a means for detecting hidden structures and some evidence is presented for a broad three-pion enhancement around 2 GeV decaying primarily into ϱ 0 π − .

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A4(1900) IS CALLED A*(1800) BY AUTHORS. PI+ P CROSS SECTIONS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN M. DEUTSCHMANN ET AL., NP B99, 397 (1975).