Published: 2003
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The 3[pi] system produced in the reaction[gamma]p[yields][pi][sup+][pi][sup+][pi][sup -] n4.8-5.4 GeV is investigated from the E01-017 (g6c) running of CLAS. This energy range allows for the study of excited mesons in the 1-2 GeV mass range, in their decay to 3[pi], proceeding through[rho][pi] and f[sub 2][pi] emissions. At these energies, there is significant overlap in phase space for events with[rho] and f[sub 2] production, recoiling off an excited baryon, such as the[Delta](1232), N*(1520) and N*(1680). We show that after few kinematic selections, events of the latter type are suppressed in the final data set, allowing us to perform a PWA on the 3[pi] system.