phi Meson Production in pi- p and K- p Interactions from 3-GeV/c to 6-GeV/c

Ayres, D.S. ; Diebold, R. ; Greene, A.F. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 32 (1974) 1463, 1974.
Inspire Record 89228 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.51356

Cross sections and density-matrix elements for π−p→ϕn have been measured for - −t≲1.5 GeV2 at 3, 4, 5, and 6 GeV/c, using the Argonne effective-mass spectrometer to observe the decay ϕ(1019)→K+K−. This is the first observation of the reaction in this energy range. The remarkably flat differential cross section at 4 GeV/c and the strong energy dependence suggest a production mechanism not normally seen at these energies. Data on K−p→ϕΛ and K−p→ϕΣ0 from the same experiment are also presented.

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