Production cross sections and angular distributions of Λ and K° particles produced by 11.4 Bev/c π" mesons in hydrogen have been measured. A systematic investigation was made of all two-body decays of unstable neutral particles. No events inconsistent with γ, Λ, or K° were found. Production cross sections, angular distributions and effective mass distributions of π mesons produced in 4-prong events were also measured. No evidence for dominance of any high mass multi-pion resonance was found. Both the pion production and strange particle production reactions demonstrated peripheral characteristics in that the baryon was strongly peaked backward in the center of …
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Production cross sections and angular distributions of Λ and K° particles produced by 11.4 Bev/c π" mesons in hydrogen have been measured. A systematic investigation was made of all two-body decays of unstable neutral particles. No events inconsistent with γ, Λ, or K° were found. Production cross sections, angular distributions and effective mass distributions of π mesons produced in 4-prong events were also measured. No evidence for dominance of any high mass multi-pion resonance was found. Both the pion production and strange particle production reactions demonstrated peripheral characteristics in that the baryon was strongly peaked backward in the center of mass. The average transverse momentum was observed to be a monotonically increasing function of mass. The experimental total interaction cross section was 25.3 ± 1.5 mb. The effect of the pion-nucleon T ' 3/2 isobar was clearly observed.
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Ferbel, T. & Taft, H.Inelastic Interactions of 11.4 Bec/c π" Mesons in Hydrogen,
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February 1, 1963;
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