Production and phenomenology of glueballs

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6314713

Chan, Chang S; Lindenbaum, S J

After a brief introduction, the current status of the prominent glueball candidates are reviewed. In particular, we present a partial wave analysis of 6658 events of the reaction ..pi../sup /minus//p ..-->.. /phi//phi/n at 22 GeV/c. The data analysis reveals three resonances g/sub T/(2010), g/sub T'/(2300) and g/sub T/double prime//(2340), all with the same quantum numbers I/sup G/J/sup PC/ = 0/sup +/2/sup + +/ which comprise virtually all the production cross section. The large /phi//phi/n signal occurs over a mostly structureless and incoherent /phi/K/sup +/K/sup /minus// background. The absence of the expected OZI suppression, and the striking differences of these states from conventional states and background in other channels has so far only been successfully explained by assuming they are produced by 1-3 J/sup PC/ = 2/sup + +/ glueballs (multigluon resonances). The forthcoming search for an exotic J/sup PC/ glueball is also discussed. 20 refs., 15 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6314713
• Report Number(s): BNL-42223; CONF-8808198-4; ON: DE89009529
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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