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Search for a four-pion resonance, and some decay modes of the ρ and ω-mesons

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A search for four-pion resonances among six-prong annihilations of 1.61 GeV/c antiprotons in the Berkeley 72 in. hydrogen bubble chamber has been made. No four-body decays of the ρ or ω mesons have been observed and upper limits for these decays are quoted. The fraction of the charged ρ mesons which decay via ρ±→η+π± is determined to be (1.2±2)%, in agreement with a positiveG parity assignment for the η. The neutral four-pion effective mass distribution shows a suggestive, but inconclusive, peak at 1.04 GeV.

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Si sono ricercate la risonanze a quattro pioni fra le annichilazioni a sei rami degli antiprotoni di 1.61 GeV/c nella camera a bolle a idrogeno da 72 in. di Berkeley. Non si sono notati decadimenti a quattro corpi dei mesoni ρ od ω e si danno i limiti superiori per questi decadimenti. Si è determinato che la frazione di mesoni ρ carichi, che decadono via ρ±→η+π±, è (1.2±2)%, in accordo con l’assegnazione di una paritàG positiva all’η. La distribuzione della massa effettiva del quadripione neutro presenta un picco suggestivo, ma inconcludente, a 1.04 GeV.

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Xuong, NH., Lynch, G.R. Search for a four-pion resonance, and some decay modes of the ρ and ω-mesons. Nuovo Cim 25, 923–930 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02733158

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