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A Measurement of the Mass, Full Width and Radiative Width of the $B^+$ (1237) Meson

Thesis/Dissertation ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1433891· OSTI ID:1433891
An experiment was performed at Fermi National Accelorater - Laboratory to investigate the coherent production of mesons on nuclear targets (lead and copper). The experiment used and 200 GeV/c incident - meson beam and a high resolution forward spectrometer consisting of proportional and drift chambers plus a liquid argon photon calorimeter. This thesis reports the results of the process $$\pi^+ +A+ \to \pi^+ w +A$$. The $$\pi^+ w$$ spectrum was found to be dominated by the $B^+$ (l237) meson. A fit was performed on the line shape of the $$\pi^+ w$$ mass spectrum and values of 1.271 ± 0.011 GeV and 0.232 ± 0.029 GeV were found for the mass and total width. The helicity zero decay probability of - the $$w, \mid F_0\mid^2$$, was measured to be $$\mid F_0\mid^2$$ = 0.l5 $$\pm$$ 0.035. The t distributions were analyzed allowing the electromagnetic and hadronic - production processes to interfer. From these distributions a - radiative width of 230 $$\pm$$ 61 was extracted.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1433891
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-THESIS-1984-17; RX-1057 (MINNESOTA); 202914
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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