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TY - JOUR
T1 - A study of spin alignment of ρ(770)± and ω(782) mesons in hadronic Z0 decays
AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang
AU - OPAL Collaboration
PY - 2000/8
Y1 - 2000/8
N2 - The helicity density matrix elements ρ00 of ρ(770)± and ω(782) mesons produced in Z0 decays have been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Over the measured meson energy range, the values are compatible with 1/3, corresponding to a statistical mix of helicity −1, 0 and +1 states. For the highest accessible scaled energy range 0.3 <xE< 0.6, the measured ρ00 values of the ρ± and the ω are 0.373 ± 0.052 and 0.142 ± 0.114, respectively. These results are compared to measurements of other vector mesons.
AB - The helicity density matrix elements ρ00 of ρ(770)± and ω(782) mesons produced in Z0 decays have been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Over the measured meson energy range, the values are compatible with 1/3, corresponding to a statistical mix of helicity −1, 0 and +1 states. For the highest accessible scaled energy range 0.3 <xE< 0.6, the measured ρ00 values of the ρ± and the ω are 0.373 ± 0.052 and 0.142 ± 0.114, respectively. These results are compared to measurements of other vector mesons.
U2 - 10.1007/s100520050003
DO - 10.1007/s100520050003
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 61
EP - 70
JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
SN - 1434-6044
IS - 1
ER -