Results are presented from experiment WA7 at the CERN SPS, which has measured the elastic differential cross sections of π ± p, K ± p, p p and pp at incident momen ta of 20, 30 and 50 GeV/ c . The measurements cover the momentum transfer range 0.5 < | t | < 8 (GeV/ c ) 2 , corresponding to c.m. scattering angles between 10° and 50°. The experimental set-up, trigger logic and data analysis are described. The experimental results are compared with existing meson-proton and nucleon-proton data at lower and higher energies covering the medium- and large-| t | region. Some prominent models and their predictions for elastic scattering at WA7 energies and beyond are reviewed, with emphasis on geometrical scaling, factorizing eikonal models, lowest-order QCD and other dynamical exchange-type models. Results for p p two-body annihilation into π − π + and K − K + at 30 and 50 GeV/ c , obtained in parallel with the elastic p p data, are also presented.
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The reactions K ± p→K s 0 π ± p are studied at 30 and 50 GeV/ c . Data for these reactions were obtained using the Geneva-Lausanne spectrometer whose main characteristics are: (i) large forward acceptance; (ii) high-resolution time-of-flight for recoil proton momentum measurement; (iii) high data-taking rate and on-line pattern recognition. The K ∗ (1 − ), K ∗ (2 + ), K ∗ (3 − ) and K ∗ (4 + ) resonance parameters and production cross sections are determined. The K π production amplitudes are calculated both as a function of the K π mass and of the momentum transfer. Isoscalar natural parity exchange (NPE) is dominant. The NPE amplitudes are decomposed into pomeron- f-, ω-exchange contributions, and their energy dependence between 10 and 50 GeV/ c is shown to be well-described by a Regge pole model based on the f-dominated pomeron hypothesis.
CORRECTED TO INCLUDE BW TAILS AND THE FRACTION OF EVENTS OUTSIDE THE T-ACCEPTANCE OF THE SPECTROMETER.
FITS OF THE FORM -A*TP*EXP(BTP) ARE MADE BY THE AUTHORS AND THE VALUES OF A AND B ARE GIVEN HERE. MASS REGIONS OF THE FIT ARE:-. K*(890) 0.84 < M <0.94 GEV. K*(1430) 1.36 < M <1.5 GEV. K*(1780) 1.68 < M <1.88 GEV.
FITS OF FORM -A*TP*EXP(BTP) ARE MADE BY THE AUTHORS AND THE VALUES OF A AND B ARE GIVEN HERE. MASS REGIONS OF THE FIT ARE:-. K*(890) 0.84 < M <0.94 GEV. K*(1430) 1.36 < M <1.5 GEV. K*(1780) 1.68 < M <1.88 GEV.
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THESE DATA ARE TABULATED IN THE RECORD OF THE PUBLISHED VERSION.
DIVIDE BY 20 TO GET MB/GEV**2.
FROM QUADRATIC EXPONENTIAL FITS TO D(SIG)/DT FOR -T = 0 TO 1.4 GEV**2. SYSTEMATIC ERRORS INCLUDED.
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CROSS-OVER IS AT -T = 0.17 +- 0.02 GEV**2. DIVIDE BY 20 TO GET D(SIG)/DT IN MB/GEV**2. CORRECTED FOR LOST EVENTS FOR -T < 0.12 GEV**2.
FROM QUADRATIC EXPONENTIAL FIT TO D(SIG)/DT. BOTH STATISTICAL AND SYSTEMATIC ERRORS INCLUDED IN VALUES.
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