Measurement of the Line Reversed Reactions anti-p p --> pi- rho- and pi- p --> p rho- at 6-GeV/c

Green, D.R. ; Edelstein, R.M. ; Halpern, H.J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 39 (1977) 1243-1246, 1977.
Inspire Record 126174 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21005

Differential cross sections and density-matrix elements in ρ− decay have been measured at 6 GeV/c for p¯p→π+ρ− and its line-reversed partner π−p→pρ− in the range tmin>t>−1.5 (GeV/c)2. The reactions satisfy line-reversal symmetry and the ρ− decay is consistent with isotropy for −t≲0.5 (GeV/c)2. For −t≳0.5 (GeV/c)2, the differential cross sections show a weaker t dependence, and the decays become anisotropic.

2 data tables

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FROM ROUGHLY EQUAL NUMBERS OF RHO- EVENTS AND BACKGROUND (CONSISTENT WITH ISOTROPY FOR BOTH REACTIONS).