Study of K/sup -/(890) and K/sup -/(1430) production in the reaction K/sup -/p. -->. K/sup 0/. pi. /sup -/p at 100 and 175 GeV/c

The reaction K/sup -/p..-->..K/sup 0/..pi../sup -/p has been studied at 100 and 175 GeV/c and the reaction ..pi../sup -/p..-->..K/sup 0/K/sup -/p at 50, 100, and 175 GeV/c. Both reactions are dominated by production of resonances, K((890), K((1430) and A/sub 2/(1320), A/sub 2/(2040), respectively. Production cross sections, t distributions, and decay-angular distributions are studied. Isoscalar natural-parity exchange is dominant. The energy dependence of the K( and A/sub 2/ resonance production between 10 and 175 GeV/c is well described by a Regge-pole model. Our data on A/sub 2/ corrects that in an earlier paper.