Production characteristics of the F meson

• Published in: Physics letters. B Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 412 - 418
• Main Authors: Brandelik, R., Braunschweig, W., Martyn, H.-U., Sander, H.G., Schmitz, D., Sturm, W., Wallraff, W., Cords, D., Felst, R., Fries, R., Gadermann, E., Hultschig, H., Joos, P., Koch, W., Kötz, U., Krehbiel, H., Kreinick, D., Lynch, H.L., McNeely, W.A., Mikenberg, G., Moffeit, K.C., Notz, D., Schliwa, M., Shapira, A., Wiik, B.H., Wolf, G., Ludwig, J., Mess, K.H., Petersen, A., Poelz, G., Ringel, J., Römer, O., Rüsch, R., Sauerberg, K., Schmüser, P., de Boer, W., Buschhorn, G., Fues, W., von Gagern, Ch, Grindhammer, G., Gunderson, B., Kotthaus, R., Lierl, H., Oberlack, H., Orito, S., Suda, T., Totsuka, Y., Yamada, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.1979
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(79)91203-6

Inclusive cross sections of η production by e +e - annihilation for c.m. energies between 4.0 and 5.0 GeV are presented. The η production is shown to be correlated with the production of a weakly decaying particle, indicating that its main source is F production. At the 4.42 GeV resonance it is correlated with a low energy photon, suggesting F F ∗ or F ∗ F ∗ production. A mass determination of the F is made at 4.42 GeV using the F → ηπ decay channel.