@article{3075728, title = "Determination of the relative branching ratios for pp→π+π- and pp→K+K-", author = "Adler, R. and Angelopoulos, A. and Apostolakis, A. and Aslanides, E. and Backenstoss, G. and Bee, C.P. and Bennet, J. and Bloch, P. and Bula, Ch. and Burgun, C. and Carlson, P. and Carvalho, J. and Chardalas, M. and Charalambous, S. and Cobbaert, H. and Dedoussis, S. and Dejardin, M. and Derre, J. and Dodgson, M. and Dousse, J.C. and Duclos, J. and Ealet, A. and Eckart, B. and Faravel, L. and Fassnacht, P. and Faure, J.L. and Felder, C. and Ferreira-Marques, R. and Fetscher, W. and Fidecaro, M. and Filipčič, A. and Francis, D. and Fry, J.R. and Fuglesang, C. and Gabathuler, E. and Gamet, R. and Garreta, D. and Geralis, T. and Gerber, H.-J. and Go, A. and Gumplinger, P. and Guyot, C. and Harrison, P.F. and Hayman, P.J. and Heyes, W.G. and Hollander, R.W. and Johner, H.U. and Jon-And, K. and Jansson, K. and Kerek, A. and Kern, J. and Kettle, P.-R. and Kochowski, C. and Kokkas, P. and Kossionides, E. and Kreuger, R. and Lawry, T. and Le Gac, R. and Machado, E. and Maley, P. and Manthos, N. and Marel, G. and Marotte, P. and Mikuž, M. and Miller, J. and Montanet, F. and Nakada, T. and Onofre, A. and Pagels, B. and Paradelis, T. and Pavlopoulos, P. and Pelucchi, F. and Pinto da Cunha, J. and Policarpo, A. and Postma, H. and Rickenbach, R. and Roberts, B.L. and Rozaki, E. and Ruf, T. and Sacks, L. and Sakeliou, L. and Sanders, P. and Santoni, C. and Sarigiannis, K. and Schaller, L.A. and Schopper, A. and Schune, P. and Seljak, U. and Szilagyi, S. and Tauscher, L. and Thibault, C. and Touchard, F. and Touramanis, C. and Triantis, F. and Troester, D.A. and Van Beveren, E. and Van den Putte, M. and Van Eijk, C.W.E. and Varner, G. and Vlachos, S. and Warner, D. and Weber, P. and Witzig, C. and Yeche, C. and Zavrtanik, D. and Zimmerman, D.", journal = "PHYSICS LETTERS B", year = "1991", volume = "267", number = "1", pages = "154-158", issn = "0370-2693", doi = "10.1016/0370-2693(91)90541-W", abstract = "The ratio of the branching fractions for pp→K+K- and pp→π+π- was determined with the CPLEAR detector, by stopping antiprotons in a gaseous hydrogen target at 15 bar pressure. It was found to be BR(K+K-)/BR(π+π-)=0.20 5± 0.016. The fraction of P-wave annihilation at rest at this target density was deduced to be (38±9)%. © 1991." }