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First observation of strong OZI rule violation in πN interactions

P. SondereggerV.f. PerepelitsaAra GrigoryanAntonio Ferrer

subject

Nuclear physicsPhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsLarge Hadron ColliderProtonOZI ruleHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentNuclear ExperimentOmegaParticle Physics - ExperimentOrder of magnitudeBeam (structure)

description

The data of the CERN WA56 experiment that triggered the fast proton produced in the $\pi^{+}p$ and $\pi^{-}p$ interactions at beam momenta 20 GeV/c and 12 GeV/c, respectively, are used to analyse the final states $ p_{f} \phi (\omega)\pi^{\pm}$. A large excess (up to two orders of magnitude) of the $\phi/\omega$ cross sections ratio over the OZI prediction is observed.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-2693(97)01687-0