Study of K * − ( 890 ) and K * − ( 1430 ) production in the reaction K − p → K ¯ 0 π − p at 100 and 175 GeV/ c

The reaction ${K}^{\ensuremath{-}}p\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\overline{K}}^{0}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}p$ has been studied at 100 and 175 GeV/c and the reaction ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}p\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{K}^{0}{K}^{\ensuremath{-}}p$ at 50, 100, and 175 GeV/c. Both reactions are dominated by production of resonances, ${K}^{*}(890)$, ${K}^{*}(1430)$ and ${A}_{2}(1320)$, ${A}_{2}(2040)$, 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 ${A}_{2}$ resonance production between 10 and 175 GeV/c is well described by a Regge-pole model. Our data on ${A}_{2}$ corrects that in an earlier paper.