Partial-Wave Amplitudes and Resonances in pbar + p -> pi + pi

Abstract

Partial wave amplitudes have been extracted from accurate data on pbar + p -> pi + pi by a method which incorporates the theoretical constraints of analyticity and crossing symmetry. The resulting solution gives a good fit to the annihilation data and is also consistent with the wealth of information in the crossed channel pi + N -> pi + N. The partial wave amplitudes show evidence for resonances in all partial waves with J < 6, at least one of which, a J = 0+ state, (and possibly another with J = 1-) is unlikely to have a simple quark-antiquark structure.