Angular distributions of secondary pions in the reaction π- p → π- π+ n
Kartamyshev A.A., Mikhin K.N., Romantseva A.S., Patarakin O.O., Sulkovskaya M.M., Sustavov A.F., Surkova L.V., Chernysheva L.A.
Results are presented of the analysis of the angular distributions of the secondary pions in the reaction π~ρ—>π~π+η. The asymmetry of the angular distributions in the region of the p° resonance is confirmed and the angualr symmetry function R is calculated. Using the spin density matrix formalism, the experimental data are compared with the predictions of the one-pion exchange (OPE), one-pion exchange with form factor (OPEF), and the absorption (OPEA) models. Good agreement with experiment is obtained with the OPEA model.