A partial-wave analysis of the 3π system in the reaction K-p → π+π-π0 Λ at 4.2 GeV/c

A partial-wave analysis of the (3π)0 system produced peripherally in the reaction K-p → π+π-π0 Λ at 4.2 GeV/c is presented. The observation of the weak Λ decay allows a determination of all the transversity production amplitudes except for two phases. The production of known resonances having decay modes other than 3π is used to test the isobar model ansatz. Significant ω(783), φ(1020) and A2(1310) production is observed. The spin parity of the ω*(1675) is established as 3-. No evidence for production of other resonances, such as axial vector-mesons, is found. © 1977

Ω- produced in K-p reactions at 4.2 GeV/c

Forty Ω- events have been observed in a large (133 events/βb) experiment at 4.2 GeV/c incident K- momentum. Thirty nine of the events come from the three-body reaction K-p→Ω-K+K0. The Ω- is mainly produced in the forward hemisphere (direction of the incident K-). The lifetime is measured to be τ = (0.75 +0.14-0.11 × 10-10 sec substantially less than the Particle Data Group value of (1.3 -0.3+0.2) × 10-10 sec. The mass is determined to be 1671.7 ± 0.6 MeV, in good agreement with other determinations. The decay asymmetry parameter α (for the decay mode Ω- → ΛK-) is found to be -0.2 ± 0.4. © 1978