Antiproton-nucleon annihilations into three pions

Abstract
New data are presented for antiproton capture in deuterium for the reactions (a) p¯d2ππ+ps at rest with spectator proton, (b)p¯d2ππ+ps with the antiproton in flight (∼0.35 GeV/c momentum), and (c)p¯d2ππ+p at rest but with nonspectator protons. The striking features of the 2ππ+ Dalitz plot for (a) are compared with p¯p3π0, π+ππ0 at rest, with p¯d2ππ+ps at other energies, and with predictions of dual models. No consistent and satisfactory interpretation has been found. The possible quantum numbers of the 2ππ+ final state are discussed.