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Particle Data Group: cross section for e+e- annihilation at high energy<br />

6<br />

• resonance peaks for production of neutral particles – meson resonances seen<br />

at lower energy. All of these <strong>have</strong> J = 1, negative parity (recall pion has J = 0)<br />

1 1<br />

ρ = ( uu − dd) T = 1 ω = ( uu + dd ), T = 0<br />

2 2<br />

φ = ss J / ψ = cc ϒ = bb<br />

Z boson,<br />

discovered<br />

1983, CERN<br />

Total center of mass energy (GeV)

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