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Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Kennett, Rosemary Gillian
URN	etd-05052005-113303
Persistent URL	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-05052005-113303
Title	Experimental tests of triple Regge theory
Degree	PhD
Option	Physics
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Robert Lee Walker Committee Chair
Keywords	none
Date of Defense	1979-09-25
Availability	restricted
Abstract NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in .pdf document. The results of measurements on the inclusive production of [...] and [...] mesons from 100 GeV [...], [...], p and [...] beams in the triple Regge kinematic region are presented. Fits are made to the predictions of the triple Regge model which show that the model is successful. The [...], [...], K* and N Regge trajectories are extracted from the fits and they all agree with those found from exclusive processes at low -t. For -t above about 1.5 [...], the [...] and [...] trajectories both flatten off at a value of about -0.5. Evidence is seen for the wrong signature nonsense zero of the [...]. Results on the neutral final state production of [...] and [...] mesons from [...] beams are also presented and the [...] and [...] trajectories extracted using an extended triple Regge theory are in agreement with those from both the inclusive and exclusive processes. Comparisons with predictions from QCD are made.
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