Measurement of Differential Cross-Section and Polarization in the Backward Peak of the Reactions pi- p --> Lambda K0 and pi- p --> Lambda K* (890) at 8-GeV/c

Brundiers, H. ; Hartung, R. ; Runge, K. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 119 (1977) 349-361, 1977.
Inspire Record 123952 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.35527

Differential cross sections and polarizations have been measured for the backward peaks in the reactions π − p →Λ K 0 and π − p →Λ K ∗ (890) at 8 GeV/c. The experiment was performed with a liquid hydrogen target at the ω spectrometer. The cross sections for u′>−2 ( GeV /c) 2 are 0.27 ± 0.03 μ b for π − p →Λ+ K 0 and 0.55±0.07 μ b for π − p →Λ K ∗0 . Large positive Λ polarization was observed in both reactions for u ′>−0.5 (GeV/ c ) 2 . The dominant production mechanism was found to be unnatural baryon exchange.

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