A Search for Centrally Produced non-$ q \bar{q} $ Mesons in Proton Proton Interactions at 450~GeV/c using the CERN $\Omega$ Spectrometer and GAMS-4000

% WA102 \\ \\ During the last decade evidence for non-$ q \bar{q} $ mesons has grown due to experiments having high statistics in various decay modes. However there are still many channels which have promising signals but any definite conclusion is limited by the available statistics. In order to make a significant contribution to this field we propose to perform two 100~day runs combining the efficient multiphoton detection of GAMS-4000 with the good charged particle detection of the Omega Spectrometer to search for other non-$ q \bar{q} $ mesons in the reaction $ pp \rightarrow p _{f} X ^{o} p _{s} $ at 450~GeV/c. Although many final states will be studied those decaying to $ \eta \eta, \eta \eta ^\prime $ and $ \eta ^\prime \eta ^\prime $ are of particular interest and the statistics in these channels will be greatly enhanced. This study will act as an important input in helping to understand non-perturbative QCD.