ϕ\phi and ω\omega meson production in pppp reactions at plab=3.67GeV/cp_\text{lab} = 3.67\,\text{GeV}/c

Collaboration
Nov, 2000
49 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 63 (2001) 024004
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Abstract:
The exclusive production cross sections for ω\omega and ϕ\phi mesons have been measured in proton-proton reactions at plab=3.67p_{lab}=3.67 GeV/c. The observed ϕ/ω\phi/\omega cross section ratio is (3.8±0.20.9+1.2)×103(3.8\pm0.2^{+1.2}_{-0.9})\times 10^{-3}. After phase space corrections, this ratio is enhanced by about an order of magnitude relative to naive predictions based upon the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka (OZI) rule, in comparison to an enhancement by a factor 3\sim 3 previously observed at higher beam momenta. The modest increase of this enhancement near the production threshold is compared to the much larger increase of the ϕ/ω\phi/\omega ratio observed in specific channels of pˉp\bar pp annihilation experiments. Furthermore, differential cross section results are also presented which indicate that although the ϕ\phi meson is predominantly produced from a 3P1^3P_1 proton-proton entrance channel, other partial waves contribute significantly to the production mechanism at this beam momentum.
Note:
  • Revtex 49 pages, 11 figures, Phys Rev C in print
  • p p: exclusive reaction
  • rho(770): hadroproduction
  • omega(783): hadroproduction
  • channel cross section: ratio
  • angular distribution
  • differential cross section: momentum dependence
  • correction: phase space
  • Iizuka-Okubo-Zweig rule
  • magnetic spectrometer: experimental results
  • Saclay PS