Measurement of the polarization transfer coefficient KLS in the pp→dπ+ reaction

Abstract We have measured the polarization transfer asymmetries of the reaction p p → d π + from the longitudinally polarized proton to the sideways polarized deuteron for deuteron center-of-mass angles from 25° to 140°. Our longitudinal to sideways polarization transfer data are best represented by the partial-wave amplitude fits of Bugg et al. while several model calculations are only in qualitative agreement.