A Partial Wave Analysis of the $K^- \phi$ System Produced in the Reaction $K^- p \to K^+ K^- K^- p$ at 18.5-{GeV}/$c$

The Bari-Birmingham-CERN-Milan-Paris-Pavia collaboration Armstrong, T. ; Baubillier, M. ; Beusch, W. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 221 (1983) 1-15, 1983.
Inspire Record 180924 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.33954

About 15 000 K − Φp events have been collected in the CERN Ω′ spectrometer. A partial-wave decomposition of the K − Φ system is performed. The 1 + SO + wave is dominant. The 0 − P0 + and 2 − P0 + waves are important and show resonant behaviour at ∼ 1.83 GeV (Γ ∼ 0.25 GeV) and ∼ 1.73 GeV (Γ ∼ 0.22 GeV) respectively. The first one can be interpreted as the second radial excitation of the kaon while the second one can be identified as one of the two L mesons.

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PARTIAL WAVE AMPLITUDE SHOWING POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF L MESON AT 1.73 GEV (WIDTH = 0.22 GEV) AND RADIAL EXCITATION OF THE KAON AT 1.83 GEV (WIDTH = 0.25 GEV).