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DALITZ 1953

Dalitz, R.H.;
On the Analysis of τ-Meson Data and the Nature of the τ-Meson
Phil. Mag. 44 (1953) 1068;

Abstracts
A convenient method of representation is proposed (S 2) for data on τ-meson decay configurations, applicable when the unlike outgoing π-meson is not distinguished. The relation between the spin and-parity of the τ-meson and the distribution of decay configuration is obtained for some simple cases. The hypothesis that the τ- and χ-mesons are identical requires a non-zero spin for this particle and the available data on τ-meson decay does not exclude this possibility. However, observations in which the unlike outgoing τ-meson is not distinguished are relatively ineffective in discriminating between the various possibilities. The distortions which strong meson-meson attraction may produce in τ-decay configurations are discussed; the present data offers no evidence on this effect.

Related references
See also
K. M. Watson and R. N. Stuart, Phys. Rev. 82 (1951) 738;
K. M. Watson, Phys. Rev. 88 (1952) 1163;
D. Rochester and C. C. Butler, Report on Progress in Physics 16 London, Physical Society (1953) 364;
R. H. Dalitz, Proc. Roy. Soc. 66 (1953) 710;
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K. H. Barker, Proc. Roy. Soc. A221 (1954) 328;
M. G. K. Menon and C. O'Ceallaigh, Proc. Roy. Soc. A221 (1954) 292;
R. W. Thompson et al., Phys. Rev. 90 (1953) 329;
R. R. Daniel, J. H. Davies, J. H. Mulvey, and D. H. Perkins, Phil. Mag. 43 (1952) 753;
K. A. Brueckner and K. M. Watson, Phys. Rev. 87 (1952) 621;
R. H. Brown et al., Nature 163 (1949) 82;
R. Armenteros et al., Nature 167 (1951) 501;
M. Danysz, W. O. Lock, and G. Yekutieli, Nature 169 (1952) 364;

Reactions

	meson– π+ 2π–		mass
	mesono π+ πo π–		mass
	meson+ 2π+ π–		mass

Particles studied

meson

qn

Record comments
Invention of the Dalitz plot method to analyse spatial quantum numbers of mesons by their decays into three known particles.

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