Understanding quark flow in high momentum transfer exclusive reactions

This paper reports on a 5.9 GeV/c secondary beam of pions, kaons, and protons directed into a liquid hydrogen target that has been used to study high momentum transfer exclusive reactions of the form A + B → C + D. The high sensitivity of this experiment has allowed the differential cross section for 19 two body exclusive reactions to be measured around 90 degrees in the center of mass frame. These high statistic measurements confirm the conclusion of an earlier 10 GeV/c experiment which found that the relative magnitudes of the cross sections are consistent with the dominance of the quark interchange diagram