PRODUCTION AND DECAY ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE Y* (1385) IN THE LINE REVERSED REACTIONS: pi+ p ---> K+ Y* (1385) AND K- p ---> pi- Y* (1385) AT 11.5-GeV/c

Cautis, C.V. ; Ballam, Joseph ; Bouchez, J. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 156 (1979) 507-531, 1979.
Inspire Record 133382 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.34679

We have measured in a single experimental setup, the differential cross sections and decay angular distributions of the Y ∗ (1385) produced in the two line-reversed reactions: π + p → K + Y ∗+ (1385) (279 events/ω b ) and K − p → π − Y ∗+ (1385) (190 events/ωb) at 11.5 GeV/ c . The data have been derived from a triggered bubble-chamber experiment using the SLAC Hybrid Facility. We find the differential cross sections and Y ∗ polarizations for the two reactions to be in agreement with exchange-degeneracy predictions, if kinematic differences are taken into account. The Stodolsky-Sakurai and additive quark model predictions are in agreement with the main features of the decay angular distributions of the Y ∗ (1385), except for small violations at low momentum transfer, which can be associated with a finite helicity non-flip contribution in the forward direction.

6 data tables

Axis error includes +- 10/10 contribution.

THESE FINAL DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD OF J. BALLAM ET AL., PRL 41, 676 (1978).

TRANSVERSITY AMPLITUDES FOR SIG(1385P13)+ PRODUCTION. THE IMAGINARY PARTS OF T(11) AND T(-1-1) WERE ARBITRARILY FIXED AT ZERO.

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