Study of Φ and f2(1270) meson polarization atp T ≥2 GeV/c in π- interactions at CERN SPS
Author(s) -
A. Belogianni,
M. Benayoun,
I.J. Bloodworth,
J.N. Carney,
D. Di Bari,
D. Elia,
R. Fini,
B.R. French,
B. Ghidini,
A. Jachołkowski,
J. Kâhane,
J.B. Kinson,
A. Kirk,
K. Knudson,
Z. Krumstein,
V. Lenti,
Ph. Leruste,
A. Malamant,
V. Manzari,
Yu.P. Merekov,
J.L. Narjoux,
F. Navach,
E. Quercigh,
K. Satarik,
M. Sené,
R. Sené,
M. Stassinaki,
M.T. Trainor,
G. Vassiliadis,
I. Vichou,
O. Villalobos Baillie,
A. Volte,
M.F. Votruba,
Z. Zitoun
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
zeitschrift für physik c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1431-5858
pISSN - 0170-9739
DOI - 10.1007/bf01557230
Subject(s) - physics , meson , particle physics , nuclear physics , parton , polarization (electrochemistry) , large hadron collider , twist , fragmentation (computing) , quantum chromodynamics , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , computer science , operating system
We present the analysis of data samples taken by the WA77 experiment for pi-Be interactions at 300 and 150 GeV/c. The trigger selects a pair of oppositely charged particles with p(T) greater-than-or-equal-to 2 GeV/c balancing the transverse momentum of a third high-p(T) track. The primary aim of this experiment was the search for higher-twist production, mainly that of vector mesons. Since there are definite predictions for the polarization of mesons produced in fragmentation and through the higher-twist mechanism, we study the polarization properties of clearly identified mesons, namely the phi and f2(1270) mesons. The results are compatible with no polarization. This can be interpreted as a production dominantly due to parton fragmentation
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