Elastic photoproduction of rho(0) mesons at HERA

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作者
Aid, S [1 ]
Andreev, V
Andrieu, B
Appuhn, RD
Arpagaus, M
Babaev, A
Bahr, J
Ban, J
Ban, Y
Baranov, P
Barrelet, E
Barschke, R
Bartel, W
Barth, M
Bassler, U
Beck, HP
Behrend, HJ
Belousov, A
Berger, C
Bernardi, G
Bernet, R
BertrandCoremans, G
Besancon, M
Beyer, R
Biddulph, P
Bispham, P
Bizot, JC
Blobel, V
Borras, K
Botterweck, F
Boudry, V
Braemer, A
Braunschweig, W
Brisson, V
Bruncko, D
Brune, C
Buchholz, R
Bungener, L
Burger, J
Busser, FW
Buniatian, A
Burke, S
Burton, MJ
Buschhorn, G
Campbell, AJ
Carli, T
Charles, F
Charlet, M
Clarke, D
Clegg, AB
机构
[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST PHYS 3,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
[2] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN,INST PHYS,BERLIN,GERMANY
[3] UNIV BIRMINGHAM,SCH PHYS & SPACE RES,BIRMINGHAM B15 2TT,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
[4] FREE UNIV BRUSSELS,INTER UNIV INST HIGH ENERGIES,BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
[5] UNIV INSTELLING ANTWERP,WILRIJK,BELGIUM
[6] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB,DIDCOT OX11 0QX,OXON,ENGLAND
[7] INST PHYS NUCL,KRAKOW,POLAND
[8] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,DEPT PHYS,DAVIS,CA 95616
[9] UNIV CALIF DAVIS,IIRPA,DAVIS,CA 95616
[10] UNIV DORTMUND,INST PHYS,W-4600 DORTMUND,GERMANY
[11] CTR ETUD SACLAY,CEA,DSM,DAPNIA,GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[12] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND
[13] DESY,W-2000 HAMBURG,GERMANY
[14] UNIV HAMBURG,INST EXPTL PHYS 2,W-2000 HAMBURG,GERMANY
[15] UNIV HAMBURG,INST EXPT PHYS 1,W-2000 HAMBURG,GERMANY
[16] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST PHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[17] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
[18] CHRISTIAN ALBRECHTS UNIV KIEL,INST REINE & ANGEW KERNPHYS,W-2300 KIEL,GERMANY
[19] SLOVAK ACAD SCI,INST EXPTL PHYS,KOSICE 04353,SLOVAKIA
[20] UNIV LANCASTER,SCH PHYS & CHEM,LANCASTER,ENGLAND
[21] UNIV LIVERPOOL,DEPT PHYS,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,MERSEYSIDE,ENGLAND
[22] UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL,LONDON E1 4NS,ENGLAND
[23] LUND UNIV,DEPT PHYS,LUND,SWEDEN
[24] UNIV MANCHESTER,DEPT PHYS,MANCHESTER M13 9PL,LANCS,ENGLAND
[25] UNIV AIX MARSEILLE 2,IN2P3,CNRS,CPPM,MARSEILLE,FRANCE
[26] INST THEORET & EXPTL PHYS,MOSCOW 117259,RUSSIA
[27] PN LEBEDEV PHYS INST,MOSCOW 117924,RUSSIA
[28] MAX PLANCK INST PHYS & ASTROPHYS,MUNICH,GERMANY
[29] UNIV PARIS 11,IN2P3,CNRS,LAL,ORSAY,FRANCE
[30] ECOLE POLYTECH,IN2P3,CNRS,LPNHE,PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[31] UNIV PARIS 06,LPNHE,PARIS,FRANCE
[32] UNIV PARIS 07,IN2P3,CNRS,PARIS,FRANCE
[33] ACAD SCI CZECH REPUBL,INST PHYS,PRAGUE,CZECH REPUBLIC
[34] CHARLES UNIV,NUCL CTR,PRAGUE,CZECH REPUBLIC
[35] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
[36] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,ROME,ITALY
[37] PAUL SCHERRER INST,VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[38] BERG UNIV GESAMTHSCH WUPPERTAL,FACHBEREICH PHYS,W-5600 WUPPERTAL,GERMANY
[39] DESY,INST HOCHENERGIEPHYS,ZEUTHEN,GERMANY
[40] ETH ZURICH,INST TEILCHENPHYS,ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
[41] UNIV ZURICH,INST PHYS,ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
关键词
vector meson; decay angular distribution; rho meson;
D O I
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00045-4
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The cross section for the elastic photoproduction of rho(0) mesons (gamma p --> rho(0)p) has been measured with the H1 detector at HERA for two average photon-proton centre-of-mass energies of 55 and 187 GeV. The lower energy point was measured by observing directly the rho(0) decay giving a cross section of 9.1 +/- 0.9 (stat.) +/- 2.5 (syst.) mu b. The logarithmic slope parameter of the differential cross section, d sigma/dt, is found to be 10.9 +/- 2.4 (stat.) +/- 1.1 (syst.) GeV-2. The rho(0) decay polar angular distribution is found to be consistent with s-channel helicity conservation, The higher energy cross section was determined from analysis of the lower part of the hadronic invariant mass spectrum of diffractive photoproduction and found to be 13.6 +/- 0.8 (stat.) +/- 2.4(syst.) mu b.
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