Determination of the total cc̄ production cross section in 340 GeV/c Σ--nucleus interactions

M. I. Adamovich; Yu A. Alexandrov; D. Barberis; M. Beck; C. Bérat; W. Beusch; M. Boss; S. Brons; W. Brückner; M. Buénerd; C. Busch; C. Büscher; F. Charignon; J. Chauvin; E. A. Chudakov; U. Dersch; F. Dropmann; J. Engelfried; F. Faller; A. Fournier; S. G. Gerassimov; M. Godbersen; P. Grafström; Th Haller; M. Heidrich; E. Hubbard; R. B. Hurst; K. Königsmann; I. Konorov; N. Keller; K. Martens; Ph Martin; S. Masciocchi; R. Michaels; U. Müller; H. Neeb; D. Newbold; C. Newsom; S. Paul; J. Pochodzalla; I. Potashnikova; B. Povh; R. D. Ransome; Z. Ren; M. Rey-Campagnolle; G. Rosner; L. Rossi; H. Rudolph; C. Scheel; L. Schmitt; H. W. Siebert; A. Simon; V. J. Smith; O. Thilmann; A. Trombini; E. Vesin; B. Volkemer; K. Vorwalter; Th Walcher; G. Wälder; R. Werding; E. Wittmann; M. V. Zavertyaev

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Determination of the total cc̄ production cross section in 340 GeV/c Σ^--nucleus interactions

M. I. Adamovich, Yu A. Alexandrov, D. Barberis, M. Beck, C. Bérat, W. Beusch, M. Boss, S. Brons, W. Brückner, M. Buénerd, C. Busch, C. Büscher, F. Charignon, J. Chauvin, E. A. Chudakov, U. Dersch, F. Dropmann, J. Engelfried, F. Faller, A. FournierS. G. Gerassimov, M. Godbersen, P. Grafström, Th Haller, M. Heidrich, E. Hubbard, R. B. Hurst, K. Königsmann, I. Konorov, N. Keller, K. Martens, Ph Martin, S. Masciocchi, R. Michaels, U. Müller, H. Neeb, D. Newbold, C. Newsom, S. Paul, J. Pochodzalla, I. Potashnikova, B. Povh, R. D. Ransome, Z. Ren, M. Rey-Campagnolle, G. Rosner, L. Rossi, H. Rudolph, C. Scheel, L. Schmitt, H. W. Siebert, A. Simon, V. J. Smith, O. Thilmann, A. Trombini, E. Vesin, B. Volkemer, K. Vorwalter, Th Walcher, G. Wälder, R. Werding, E. Wittmann, M. V. Zavertyaev

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The production of charmed particles by 340 GeV/c momentum Σ^- was studied in the hyperon beam experiment WA89 at the CERN-SPS, using the Ω-spectrometer. In two data-taking periods in 1993 and 1994 an integrated luminosity of 1600 μb^-1 on copper and carbon targets was recorded. From the reconstruction of 930 ± 90 charm particle decays in 10 decay channels production cross sections for D, D̄, D_s^- and Λ_c⁺ were determined in the region x_F > 0. Assuming an A¹ dependence of the cross section on the nucleon number, we calculate a total cc̄ production cross section of σcc̄(x_F > 0) = 5.3 ± 0.4 (stat) ± 1.0 (syst) + 1.0 (Ξ_c) μb per nucleon. The last term is an upper limit on the unknown contribution from charmed-strange baryon production.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-254
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520000318
State	Published - 2000

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Adamovich, M. I., Alexandrov, Y. A., Barberis, D., Beck, M., Bérat, C., Beusch, W., Boss, M., Brons, S., Brückner, W., Buénerd, M., Busch, C., Büscher, C., Charignon, F., Chauvin, J., Chudakov, E. A., Dersch, U., Dropmann, F., Engelfried, J., Faller, F., ... Zavertyaev, M. V. (2000). Determination of the total cc̄ production cross section in 340 GeV/c Σ^--nucleus interactions. European Physical Journal C, 13(3), 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520000318

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AU - Michaels, R.

AU - Müller, U.

AU - Neeb, H.

AU - Newbold, D.

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N2 - The production of charmed particles by 340 GeV/c momentum Σ- was studied in the hyperon beam experiment WA89 at the CERN-SPS, using the Ω-spectrometer. In two data-taking periods in 1993 and 1994 an integrated luminosity of 1600 μb-1 on copper and carbon targets was recorded. From the reconstruction of 930 ± 90 charm particle decays in 10 decay channels production cross sections for D, D̄, Ds- and Λc+ were determined in the region xF > 0. Assuming an A1 dependence of the cross section on the nucleon number, we calculate a total cc̄ production cross section of σcc̄(xF > 0) = 5.3 ± 0.4 (stat) ± 1.0 (syst) + 1.0 (Ξc) μb per nucleon. The last term is an upper limit on the unknown contribution from charmed-strange baryon production.

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Determination of the total cc̄ production cross section in 340 GeV/c Σ^--nucleus interactions

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