Omega Production in pp Collisions

Abstract

A model-independent irreducible tensor formalism which has been developed earlier to analyze measurements of $\vec{p}\vec{p}\to pp π^\circ$, is extended to present a theoretical discussion of $\vec{p}\vec{p}\to pp ω$ and the polarization of $ω$ in $pp\to pp \vecω$. The recent measurement of unpolarized differential cross section for $pp\to pp ω$ is analyzed using this theoretical formalism.