Study of the annihilation from S states

The results of the spin-parity analysis of annihilations at very low momentum (≈ 50 MeV/c) are reported. To describe the data the production of the ϱ, f2, a2 and a1 mesons and the presence of the ππ interaction in S-wave (the σ term) in the final state are necessary. The best fit solution requires also the presence of a ϱ′ state of mass and width M = 1.282 ± 0.037, Γ = 0.236 ± 0.036 GeV/c2 and of a heavy pion π(1300) of mass and width M = 1.275 ± 0.015, Γ = 0.218 ± 0.100 GeV/c2. The measured fraction of the annihilation cross section into 2π+2π− is (7.61 ± 0.35) · 10−2.