Study of the reaction (p)over-bar-p-gphiphi from 1.0 to 2.0 GeV/c
/ Authors
C. Evangelista, A. Palano, D. Drijard, N. Hamann, R. Jones, B. Mouellic, S. Ohlsson, J-M Perrau, W. Eyrich, M. Moosburger
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S. Pomp, F. Stinzing, H. Fischer, J. Franz, E. Rössle, H. Schmitt, H. Wirth, A. Buzzo, K. Kirsebom, M. LoVeterre, M. Macrì, M. Marinelli, Pagassio
/ Abstract
A study has been performed of the reaction pbar p -> 4K using in-flight antiprotons from 1.1 to 2.0 GeV/c incident momentum interacting with a hydrogen jet target. The reaction is dominated by the production of a pair of phi mesons. The pbar p -> phi phi cross section rises sharply above threshold and then falls continuously as a function of increasing antiproton momentum. The overall magnitude of the cross section exceeds expectations from a simple application of the OZI rule by two orders of magnitude. In a fine scan around the xi/f_J(2230) resonance, no structure is observed. A limit is set for the double branching ratio B(xi -> pbar p) * B(xi -> phi phi) < 6e-5 for a spin 2 resonance of M = 2.235 GeV and Width = 15 MeV.