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Title: Central exclusive π{sup +}π{sup −} production in pp{sup ¯} collisions at √(s)=0.9 and 1.96 TeV at CDF

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4915972· OSTI ID:22391354
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  1. Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich (Germany)

Exclusive π{sup +}π{sup −} production in proton-antiproton collisions at √(s)=0.9 and 1.96 TeV in the Collider Detector at Fermilab has been measured. Events with exactly two particles with opposite charge, in |η(π)| < 1.3, with no other particles detected in |η(π)| < 5.9, were selected. We require the central π{sup +}π{sup −} state to have rapidity |y(ππ)| < 1. The data are expected to be dominated by double pomeron exchange. Therefore, the quantum numbers of the central state are constrained. The data show resonance structures attributed to the f{sub 0} and f{sub 2} mesons. The results are valuable for light hadron spectroscopy, and for understanding the nature of the pomeron in a region between non-perturbative and perturbative QCD.

OSTI ID:
22391354
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1654, Issue 1; Conference: DIFFRACTION 2014: International Workshop on Diffraction in High-Energy Physics, Primosten (Croatia), 10-16 Sep 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English