Experimental estimation of the charm-production cross section in pp interactions at 70 GeV/c with the aid of the SVD setup

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作者
Amaglobeli, NS [1 ]
Ardashev, EN [1 ]
Basiladze, SG [1 ]
Bogdanova, GA [1 ]
Bogolyubsky, MY [1 ]
Boguslavsky, IV [1 ]
Bulgakov, NK [1 ]
Vischnevskaya, AM [1 ]
Volkov, VY [1 ]
Vorobiev, AP [1 ]
Galyaev, NA [1 ]
Gramenitsky, IM [1 ]
Grishina, OV [1 ]
Grishkevich, YV [1 ]
Ermolov, PF [1 ]
Zaitseva, OS [1 ]
Zapolsky, VN [1 ]
Zverev, EG [1 ]
Zotkin, SA [1 ]
Ivanova, NA [1 ]
Karlov, GI [1 ]
Kireev, VI [1 ]
Kiryunin, AE [1 ]
Kozlov, VV [1 ]
Kramarenko, VA [1 ]
Kubarovsky, AV [1 ]
Kuratashvili, GO [1 ]
Kurchaninov, LL [1 ]
Kutov, AY [1 ]
Larichev, AN [1 ]
Levitsky, MS [1 ]
Leflat, AK [1 ]
Lyutov, SI [1 ]
Medved, KS [1 ]
Merkin, MM [1 ]
Minaenko, AA [1 ]
Moiseev, AM [1 ]
Nedev, S [1 ]
Orfanitsky, SV [1 ]
Pleskach, AV [1 ]
Popov, AI [1 ]
Popov, VV [1 ]
Prosin, BV [1 ]
Ruzin, SM [1 ]
Rukovichkin, VP [1 ]
Rybnikov, VM [1 ]
Ryadovikov, VN [1 ]
Samsonov, VA [1 ]
Selikov, AV [1 ]
Tevzadze, YV [1 ]
机构
[1] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119899, Russia
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俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
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10.1134/1.1378879
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
Charmed-particle production in pp interactions at 70 GeV/c was studied with the SVD setup at Mice IHEP accelerator (Protvino). The experimental procedure used and the data-selection methods are described. Data obtained by using a quickly cycling bubble chamber and a magnetic spectrometer are analyzed. The number of inelastic-interaction clients recorded in the chamber is 109 000, with the charge multiplicity being n(ch) greater than or equal to 4. The corresponding statistics are 4.96 event/mub. Part of the events were recorded in the magnetic spectrometer. Three three-prong decays of charged particles near the primary vertex are round on the films, two of these being recorded with the spectrometer. All three are interpreted as D- decays. Two neutral decays observed simultaneously in the chamber and in the spectrometer are interpreted as (D) over bar (0) decays. The total cross section for c (c) over bar production in the Feynman variable region -1 < x(F) < + 1 is estimated at sigma (c (c) over bar) = 1.6(-0.7)(+1.1) (stat.) +/- 0.3 (syst.) mub. The cross-section values and the mean values < \x(F)\> and <p(perpendicular to)> for D mesons are compared with other experimental results in the energy range 58-800 GeV. The data of this experiment are compatible with the cross-section estimates obtained in the beam-dump experiment at 70 GeV and with those predicted by perturbative QCD. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".
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