SEARCH FOR RESONANCE IN $pi$-$pi$ INTERACTION IN $pi$-N SCATTERING AT 0.96 Bev

Photographs of a hydrogen bubble chamber exposed to 0.96-Bev mesons( pi / sup -/) were analyzed for interactions, and 110 events of the type pi - + p -- p + pi - + pi /sup o/ were found and examined for evidence of a resonance in the pi - pi interaction. The data were put in the form of proton kinetic energy spectra and event spectra vs w/sup 2// mu /sup 2/; the latter was resolved into a number of separate w/sup 2// mu /sup 2/ regions and compared with the statistical model and the Chew-Low results. Only in one region was evidence found of a pi - pi resonance, and it is concluded that further work is needed. (D.L.C.)