On the current status of OZI violation in ${\pi}N$ and pp reactions

Abstract

The available data on $\omega$ and $\phi$ production from $\pi N$ and $pp$ collisions are reanalyzed with respect to an OZI rule violation on the basis of transition matrix elements. The data are found to be compatible with a constant ratio $R$ up to excess energies $\epsilon{\approx}300$ MeV, however, the ratio $R$ deviates substantially from the SU(3) prediction based on the present knowledge of the $\phi-\omega$ mixing angle.