Application ofSU(6)Win a Model for Vector-Meson Production at High Energies

Abstract

A double-Regge-pole model incorporating $\mathrm{SU}\left(3\right)\mathrm{}$ symmetry, previously applied to pseudoscalar mesonbaryon exchange reactions, is extended to include certain vector-meson production reactions with $\mathrm{SU}{\mathrm{}\left(6\right)\mathrm{}}_W$ symmetry imposed at the forward direction. A large number of predictions for forward vector-meson production cross sections are obtained in terms of pseudoscalar-meson cross sections. These are compared where possible with the meager data available above 3 BeV/c, with generally favorable results.