TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of e+e- Annihilation into the C=+1 Hadronic Final States rho0 rho0 and phi rho0
AU - Aubert, B
AU - Del Amo Sanchez, Pablo
AU - Barrett, Matthew
AU - Ford, Kelly
AU - Harrison, Theresa
AU - Hart, Alistair
AU - Hawkes, Christopher
AU - Morgan, Sian
AU - Watson, Alan
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - We report the first observation of e(+)e(-) annihilation into states of positive C parity, namely, rho(0)rho(0) and phirho(0). The two states are observed in the pi(+)pi(-)pi(+)pi(-) and K(+)K(-)pi(+)pi(-) final states, respectively, in a data sample of 225 fb(-1) collected by the BABAR experiment at the Positron-Electron Project II e(+)e(-) storage rings at energies near sqrt[s]=10.58 GeV. The distributions of costheta(*), where theta(*) is the center-of-mass polar angle of the phi meson or the forward rho(0) meson, suggest production by two-virtual-photon annihilation. We measure cross sections within the range |costheta(*)|rho(0)rho(0))=20.7+/-0.7(stat)+/-2.7(syst) fb and sigma(e(+)e(-)-->phirho(0))=5.7+/-0.5(stat)+/-0.8(syst) fb.
AB - We report the first observation of e(+)e(-) annihilation into states of positive C parity, namely, rho(0)rho(0) and phirho(0). The two states are observed in the pi(+)pi(-)pi(+)pi(-) and K(+)K(-)pi(+)pi(-) final states, respectively, in a data sample of 225 fb(-1) collected by the BABAR experiment at the Positron-Electron Project II e(+)e(-) storage rings at energies near sqrt[s]=10.58 GeV. The distributions of costheta(*), where theta(*) is the center-of-mass polar angle of the phi meson or the forward rho(0) meson, suggest production by two-virtual-photon annihilation. We measure cross sections within the range |costheta(*)|rho(0)rho(0))=20.7+/-0.7(stat)+/-2.7(syst) fb and sigma(e(+)e(-)-->phirho(0))=5.7+/-0.5(stat)+/-0.8(syst) fb.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.112002
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.112002
M3 - Article
C2 - 17025878
SN - 1079-7114
VL - 97
SP - 112002
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
ER -