A coupled channel analysis of the J(sup p) = O(sup ++) and 2(sup ++) channels has been performed and will be further refined. The most prominent glueball candidates to date have been found in these channels. In the O(sup ++) channel the SLAC (theta)(1720) has the same quantum numbers and parameters as the S*(prime)(1710), a state discovered earlier at BNL. Thus for the purposes of this analysis they are assumed to be the same particle. In this analysis, which requires the minimum number of poles to fit the data, the G(1590) is not necessary and the experimental data in various channels can be represented by an overlapping mixture of the f(sub 0)(1400) and the f(sub 0)(1720). This coupled channel analysis is limited to energies below 2 GeV since there is not data in a sufficient number of channels above 2 GeV to do a coupled channel analysis. The only glueball candidates above 2 GeV are the g(sub t)(2010), g(sub T)(sub (prime))/(2300) and g(sub T)(sub (double prime))/1(2340) and they only appear in the (phi)(phi) decay channel (an OZI forbidden channel). It is found that three meson poles for O(sup ++) and four meson poles for 2(sup ++) are the minimum necessary to fit the data. The various phase motions and data fits supporting the conclusions of Ref. 3 will be presented and discussed and the present status of the analysis presented. A BNL/CCNY/Fermilab/RPI collaboration is at present measuring at 8 GeV/c beam incident on hydrogen K(sup (minus))p (yields) (phi)(phi) ((sub (Sigma))(sup (Lambda))), p(bar p) (yields) (phi)(phi)(pi)(sup 0) and (pi)(sup (minus)) p (yields) (phi)(phi)n. The above channels where one or both (phi)'s are replaced by a K(sup +)K(sup (minus)) pair are also observed. The object is to search for glueball(s) and exotic hybrids by comparing OZI forbidden and allowed channels. A description of this experiment and a status report will be made.
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