Measurement of the polarization parameter of the reactions pi- p ---> pi0 n and eta n at 5 and 8 gev/c

Bonamy, P. ; Borgeaud, P. ; Crozon, M. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 52 (1973) 392-402, 1973.
Inspire Record 84261 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50104

Measurements of the polarization parameter of the reactions π − p → π 0 n and π − p → η n at 4.90 and 7.85 GeV/ c and for a squared four-momentum transfer − t ranging from 0.1 to 2.0 (GeV/ c ) 2 have been achieved by using a butanol polarized proton target and detecting only the two γ's from the neutral meson decay. The background due to events involving bound protons has been separately measured and subtracted out. A large positive polarization has been found for the reaction π − p → π 0 n. It is consistent with other pion-nucleon scattering data connected by isospin conservation. The polarization for the reaction π − p → η n is not significantly different from zero within the large experimental errors.

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Differential Cross-Section for pi- p --> eta0 n at 6.0-GeV/c

The Carleton-Michigan State-Ohio State-Toronto collaboration Shaevitz, M.H. ; Reay, N.W. ; Reibel, K. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 36 (1976) 5, 1976.
Inspire Record 2931 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21104

We have measured the differential cross section for π−p→η0n at 6.0 GeV/c from 6730 very clean events in which the decay η→π+π−π0 was detected. The high statistics reveals a sizable forward turnover, implying a dominance of the helicity-flip amplitude. A precisely determined A2 trajectory, linear for |t|<1.0 (GeV/c)2, is found from combining our data with those at energies up to 101 GeV.

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THE RESOLUTION IN TP IS EVERYWHERE SMALLER THAN THE BIN WIDTH.