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In search of exotic states

Поиски экзотических состояний

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

An Erratum to this article was published on 01 November 1970

Summary

It is argued that if exotic mesons exist at all, backward scattering is the most favourable reaction to search for them. In particular, for exotics with masses around (1.5÷2) GeV, their backward production in π- or K-nucleon collisions is expected to be comparable to the one observed for vector or tensor mesons.

Riassunto

Si arguisce, che se i mesoni esotici esistono, lo scattering all’indietro è la reazione più favorevole per la loro ricerca. In particolare, per gli esotici con masse (1.5÷2) GeV, si prevede che la loro produzione all’indietro, nelle collisioni di π e K su nucleoni, è confrontabile con quella osservata per i mesoni vettoriali o tensoriali.

Резюме

Доказывается, что если, вообще, экзотические мезоны существуют, то обратное рассеяние представляет наиболее благоприятную реакцию для поиска этих мезонов. В частности, для экзотических мезонов с массами около (1.5÷2) ГэВ ожидается, что их рождение при обратном рассеянии в π-или К-нуклонных соударениях сравнимо с наблюденным рождением векторных или тензорных мезонов.

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Jacob, M., Weyers, J. In search of exotic states. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 69, 521–528 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02726488

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