NUCLEAR-DEPENDENCE OF NEUTRAL-D-MESON PRODUCTION BY 800-GEV/C PROTONS

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LEITCH, MJ
BOISSEVAIN, J
CAREY, TA
JANSEN, DM
JEPPESEN, RG
KAPUSTINSKY, JS
LANE, DW
LILLBERG, JW
MCGAUGHEY, PL
MOSS, JM
PENG, JC
ISENHOWER, LD
SADLER, ME
SCHNATHORST, R
GIDAL, G
HO, PM
KOWITT, MS
LUK, KB
PRIPSTEIN, D
LEDERMAN, LM
SCHUB, MH
BROWN, CN
COOPER, WE
GLASS, HD
GOUNDER, KN
MISHRA, CS
KAPLAN, DM
LUEBKE, WR
MARTIN, VM
PRESTON, RS
SA, J
TANIKELLA, V
CHILDERS, R
DARDEN, CW
WILSON, JR
CHEN, YC
KIANG, GC
TENG, PK
机构
[1] ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIV, ABILENE, TX 79699 USA
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
[3] UNIV CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA
[4] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB, BATAVIA, IL 60510 USA
[5] NO ILLINOIS UNIV, DE KALB, IL 60115 USA
[6] UNIV S CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC 29208 USA
[7] NATL CHENG KUNG UNIV, INST PHYS, TAINAN, TAIWAN
[8] ACAD SINICA, INST PHYS, TAIPEI 115, TAIWAN
[9] LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2542
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摘要
The nuclear dependence for 800 GeV/c proton production of neutral D mesons has been measured near x(F) = 0 in Experiment 789 at Fermilab. D mesons from beryllium and gold targets were detected with a pair spectrometer and a silicon vertex detector via their decay D --> Kpi. No nuclear dependence is found, with a measured alpha = 1.02 +/- 0.03 +/- 0.02. The measured differential cross section, dsigma/dx(F), for neutral-D-meson production at [x(F)] = 0.031 is 58 +/- 3 +/- 7 mub/nucleon. The integrated cross section obtained by extrapolation of the measured cross section to all x(F) is 17.7 +/- 0.9 +/- 3.4 mub/nucleon and is consistent with previous measurements.
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