Baryon resonance production and dielectron decays in proton-proton collisions at 3.5 GeV

G. Agakishiev, A. Balanda, D. Belver, A. Belyaev, J. C. Berger-Chen, A. Blanco, M. Böhmer, J. L. Boyard, P. Cabanelas, S. Chernenko, A. Dybczak, E. Epple, L. Fabbietti, O. Fateev, P. Finocchiaro, P. Fonte, J. Friese, I. Fröhlich, T. Galatyuk, J. A. GarźonR. Gernhäuser, K. Göbel, M. Golubeva, D. Gonźalez-D́iaz, F. Guber, M. Gumberidze, T. Heinz, T. Hennino, R. Holzmann, A. Ierusalimov, I. Iori, A. Ivashkin, M. Jurkovic, B. Kämpfer, T. Karavicheva, I. Koenig, W. Koenig, B. W. Kolb, G. Kornakov, R. Kotte, A. Krása, F. Krizek, R. Krücken, H. Kuc, W. Kühn, A. Kugler, A. Kurepin, V. Ladygin, R. Lalik, S. Lang, K. Lapidus, A. Lebedev, T. Liu, L. Lopes, M. Lorenz, L. Maier, A. Mangiarott, J. Markert, V. Metag, B. Michalska, J. Miche, C. M̈untz, L. Naumann, Y. C. Pachmayer, M. Palka, Y. Parpottas, V. Pechenov, O. Pechenova, J. Pietraszko, W. Przygoda, B. Ramstein, A. Reshetin, A. Rustamov, A. Sadovsky, P. Salabura, A. Schmah, E. Schwab, J. Siebenson, Yu G. Sobolev, S. Spataroh, B. Spruck, H. Str̈obele, J. Stroth, C. Sturm, A. Tarantola, K. Teilab, P. Tlusty, M. Traxler, R. Trebacz, H. Tsertos, T. Vasiliev, V. Wagner, M. Weber, C. Wendisch, J. Ẅustenfeld, S. Yurevich, Y. Zanevsky

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Abstract

We report on baryon resonance production and decay in proton-proton collisions at a kinetic energy of 3.5 GeV based on data measured with HADES. The exclusive channels pp → npπ+ and pp → ppπ0 as well as pp → ppe+e- are studied simultaneously for the first time. The invariant masses and angular distributions of the pion-nucleon systems were studied and compared to simulations based on a resonance model ansatz assuming saturation of the pion production by an incoherent sum of baryonic resonances (R) with masses < 2 GeV/c2. A very good description of the one-pion production is achieved allowing for an estimate of individual baryon resonance production cross sections which are used as input to calculate the dielectron yields from R → pe+e- decays. Two models of the resonance decays into dielectrons are examined assuming a point-like RNγ* coupling and the dominance of the ρ meson. The results of model calculations are compared to data from the exclusive ppe+e- channel by means of the dielectron and pe+e- invariant mass distributions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number82
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
Volume50
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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