2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207476The helicity density matrix elements rho[00] of rho(770)+- and omega(782) mesons produced in Z decays have been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. Over the measured meson energy range, the values are compatible with 1/3, corresponding to a statistical mix of helicity -1, 0 and +1 states. For the highest accessible scaled energy range 0.3 < x_E < 0.6, the measured rho[00] values of the rho(770)+- and the omega are 0.373 +- 0.052 and 0.142 +- 0.114, respectively. These results are compared to measurements of other vector mesons.21 pages, LaTeX, including 8 eps figures, submitted to European Physical Journal CHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentA Study of Spin Alignment of rho(770)+- and omega(782) Mesons in Hadronic Z Decaystext