Analysis of the inclusive reaction π−p→K∗0 (890) X0 at 10 GeV/c

Experimental results on the reaction π−p→K∗0 (890) X0 at 10 GeV/c are presented. By using the K∗0 polarization measurements, a detailed study of the production has been carried out as a function of the missing mass squared and of the four-momentum trasnfer squared to the K∗0. We found that: (a) K∗0 production is dominated by natural parity exchange; (b) K∗0 helicity-zero production dominates the unnatural parity exchange contribution and (c) the main features of the reaction are in agreement with the predictions of the finite mass sum rules.