THEORY OF HIGH-ENERGY POLARIZATIONS

Using Regge poles with SU(3) and exchange degeneracy, a theory of all experimentally accessible polarizations arising from pole-pole interferences is presented for pseudoscalar-baryon and baryon-baryon scattering and exchange reactions with all parameters (except for one sign) determined from differential cross-section data. All available data on πp, Kp, p̄p, and pp elastic and π+p→K+Î<>+ polarizations are compared with this theory at the highest available energies, and many predictions are presented. © 1969 The American Physical Society.