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Title: pi. /sup -/p. --> omega. n reaction at momenta from 15 to 40 GeV/c

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6781435

Cross sections for the reaction ..pi../sup -/p..--> omega..n, ..omega --> pi../sup 0/..gamma.. have been measured with good statistics at incident-pion momenta of 15, 20, 25, 30, and 40 GeV/c. The experiments were performed at the 70-GeV IHEP accelerator, using the NICE 648-channel hodoscopic spectrometer. The density matrix elements and the differential and integrated cross sections for the reaction have been determined. The unnatural-parity exchange contribution to the production of ..omega.. mesons in the state with helicity 1 is already insignificant at 15 GeV/c. With increasing Vertical BartVertical Bar the differential cross sections pass through a maximum at Vertical BartVertical Barapprox. =0.12 (GeV/c)/sup 2/ and then fall exponentially until Vertical BartVertical Barapprox. =0.7 (GeV/c)/sup 2/; at that point the curve bends sharply, the cross section falling off much less rapidly for larger values of Vertical BartVertical Bar.

Research Organization:
Joint experiment of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Serpukhov, USSR and the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland
OSTI ID:
6781435
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 31:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English