Precision spectroscopy with COMPASS and the observation of a new iso-vector resonance

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Abstract

We report on the results of a novel partial-wave analysis based on 50 ? 106 events from the reaction π- + p → π-π-π+ + precoil at 190? GeV/c incoming beam momentum using the COMPASS spectrometer. A separated analysis in bins of m and four-momentum transfer t′ reveals the interference of resonant and non-resonant particle production and allows their spectral separation. Besides well known resonances we observe a new iso-vector meson a1(1420) at a mass of 1420? MeV/c2 in the f0(980)π final state only, the origin of which is unclear. We have also examined the structure of the 0++ππ-isobar in the JPC = 0-+, 1++, 2-+ three pion waves. This clearly reveals the various 0++ππ-isobar components and its correlation to the decay of light mesons.

Original languageEnglish
Article number03002
JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume73
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event13th International Conference Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon, MENU 2013 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 30 Sep 20134 Oct 2013

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