Evidence for Unnatural Spin - Parity States of (K pi pi)0 in the Charge Exchange Reaction K- p --> (anti-K0 pi+ pi-) n

The Aachen-Berlin-CERN-London-Vienna & Athens-Democritos-Liverpool-Vienna collaborations Otter, G. ; Rudolph, G. ; Schmitz, P. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 84 (1975) 333-341, 1975.
Inspire Record 90804 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32131

A partial-wave analysis of the (K ππ ) 0 system produced in the charge exchange reaction K − p →( K 0 π + π − ) n has been made in the mass range 1.04 ⩽ M (K ππ ) < 1.56 GeV c data at 8, 10 and 16 GeV/ c . It was found that in about 2 3 of the cases, the (K ππ ) 0 system is produced in states of unnatural spin-parity, namely J P = 0 − and 1 + ; the rest is in the natural spin-parity state J P = 2 + state is consistent with being all K ∗ (1420). The unnatural spin-parity states are produced mostly (∼ 80% of the events) by natural parity exchange. The facts that unnatural spin-parity states are produced in this non-diffractive channel, with J P = 1 + dominant, and that the exchange responsible for their production is mostly of natural parity, are similar to what was found for the charged (K ππ ) − system in the diffractive reaction K − p→(K ππ ) − p. However, the absolute value and the energy dependence of the cross sections are very different in the two cases.

2 data tables

CORRECTED FOR UNSEEN AK0 DECAY MODES.

ACTUALLY CROSS SECTIONS FOR PRODUCTION IN MASS REGION 1.04 < M(AK0 PI+ PI-) < 1.56 GEV IN THE STATES JP = 1+, 2+ AND 0- RESPECTIVELY.