Inclusive dielectron spectra in p+p collisions at 3.5 GeV kinetic beam energy

G. Agakishiev, A. Balanda, D. Belver, A. Belyaev, A. Blanco, M. Böhmer, J. L. Boyard, P. Cabanelas, E. Castro, J. C. Chen, S. Chernenko, T. Christ, M. Destefanis, F. Dohrmann, A. Dybczak, E. Epple, L. Fabbietti, O. Fateev, P. Finocchiaro, P. FonteJ. Friese, I. Fröhlich, T. Galatyuk, J. A. Garzón, R. Gernhäuser, C. Gilardi, M. Golubeva, D. González-Díaz, F. Guber, M. Gumberidze, T. Heinz, T. Hennino, R. Holzmann, A. Ierusalimov, I. Iori, A. Ivashkin, M. Jurkovic, B. Kämpfer, K. Kanaki, T. Karavicheva, I. Koenig, W. Koenig, B. W. Kolb, R. Kotte, A. Krása, F. Krizek, R. Krücken, H. Kuc, W. Kühn, A. Kugler, A. Kurepin, R. Lalik, S. Lang, J. S. Lange, K. Lapidus, T. Liu, L. Lopes, M. Lorenz, L. Maier, A. Mangiarotti, J. Markert, V. Metag, B. Michalska, J. Michel, E. Morinière, J. Mousa, C. Müntz, L. Naumann, J. Otwinowski, 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. Spataro, B. Spruck, H. Ströbele, J. Stroth, C. Sturm, A. Tarantola, K. Teilab, P. Tlusty, M. Traxler, R. Trebacz, H. Tsertos, V. Wagner, M. Weber, C. Wendisch, J. Wüstenfeld, S. Yurevich, Y. Zanevsky

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Abstract

We present the inclusive invariant mass, transverse momentum and rapidity distributions of dielectrons (e+e- pairs) in p+p interactions at 3. 5GeV beam kinetic energy. In the vector meson mass region, a distinct peak corresponding to direct ω decays is reconstructed with a 2% mass resolution. The data is compared to predictions from three model calculations. Due to the large acceptance of the HADES apparatus for e+e- invariant masses above 0. 2 GeV/c2 and for transverse pair momenta pt < 1 GeV/c, acceptance corrections are, to a large extent, model independent. This allows us to extract from dielectron data for the first time at this energy the inclusive production cross-sections for light vector mesons. Inclusive production cross-sections for π0 and η mesons are also reported. The obtained results will serve as an important reference for the study of vector meson production in proton-nucleus and heavy-ion collisions. Furthermore, using this data, an improved value for the upper bound of the branching ratio for direct η decays into the electron-positron channel is obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Article number64
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
Volume48
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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