STUDY OF THE OMEGA-PI(0) SYSTEM AT HIGH MASSES

The first results are presented on the study of the omega-pi-0 system produced in the charge-exchange reaction of pi-p scattering at the momenta 38 and 100 GeV/c. Together with the well known b1(0) (1235) and rho-3 (1690) mesons, in the mass spectrum of the omega-pi-0 system one observes a new neutral state with mass 2200 +/- 20 MeV and width 260 +/- 50 MeV, produced, like the rho-3, via one-pion exchange. This meson, X(2200), is a candidate for the 1- -multiplet. A possible interpretation is that it is a 2(3)D1 radial excitation of the rho-0 meson. Its production cross section at 38 GeV/c is sigma[pi-p --> X(2200)n]BR[X(2200) --> omega-pi-0] = 120 +/- 25 nb, and it falls off quadratically with increasing energy, which is consistent with one-pion exchange