New results on mesons containing strange quarks
Recent results of strange and strangeonium mesons are presented. The data come from a high sensitivity study (4.1 ev/nb) of K/sup -/p interactions at 11 GeV/c using the LASS spectrometer at SLAC. The complete leading orbitally-excited K* series up through J/sup P/ = 5/sup -/ and a substantial number of the expected underlying states are observed decaying into K/sup -/..pi../sup +/, anti K/sub 3//sup 0/..pi../sup +/..pi../sup -/, and K eta final states, and new measurements are made of their masses, widths, and branching ratios. Production of strangeonium states via hypercharge exchange is observed into K/sub 3//sup 0/K/sub 3//sup 0/, K/sup -/K/sup +/, and K/sub 3//sup 0/K/sup + -/..pi../sup - +/ final states. The leading orbitally-excited phi series through J/sup P/ = 3/sup -/ is clearly seen and evidence is presented for additional high spin structure in the 2.2 GeV/c/sup 2/ region. No f/sub 2/(1720) is observed. The K/sub 3//sup 0/K/sup + -/..pi../sup - +/ spectrum is dominated by 1/sup +/(K* anti K + anti K* K) production in the region below 1.6 GeV/c/sup 2/. These results are compared with data on the same systems produced by different production mechanisms. 12 refs., 28 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA); Nagoya Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics; Cincinnati Univ., OH (USA); Tokyo Univ., Tanashi (Japan). Inst. for Nuclear Study
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 6480152
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-4202; CONF-860736-15; ON: DE87008319
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 14. SLAC summer institute on particle physics, Stanford, CA, USA, 28 Jul 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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