CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland;Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
Abstract:
π ? ω interference is studied in the reactions K? p → π+ π? (Λ0, ?) at 4.2 GeV/c using data from a high statistics experiments in the CERN 2m HBC. The phenomenon is analysed in terms of the conventional formalism as well as in terms of a new model for π ? ω interference proposed by Earles and Srivastava. Satisfactory agreement with the data is found for both models. The rate of ω → 2π obtained in the latter model is in agreement with the VMD (Vector Meson Dominance) prediction for ω → γ → ? → 2π.