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Inclusive production of rho/sup 0/ and. omega. mesons by 70-GeV/c protons in Be nuclei

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6046531
We report the results of an experimental study of the contribution of rho/sup 0/ and ..omega.. mesons to the cross section for inclusive production of ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/ pairs by protons with momentum 70 GeV/c in Be nuclei for x> or =0.5 and p/sup 2//sub perpendicular/< or =1.5 (GeV/c)/sup 2/. The measured differential distributions in x and p/sup 2//sub perpendicular/ of muon pairs produced as the result of decays of rho/sup 0/ and ..omega.. mesons are satisfactorily approximated by the dependences xdsigma/dxapprox.(1-x)/sup n/ and dsigma/dp/sup 2//sub perpendicular/roughly-equalexp(-Bp/sup 2//sub perpendicular/) with parameters n = 2.9 and B = 3.15 (GeV/c)/sup -2/. The dependence on p/sup 2//sub perpendicular/ and x obtained in our experiment for the ratio of the contributions of rho/sup 0/ and ..omega.. mesons to the effective-mass spectrum of ..mu../sup +/..mu../sup -/ pairs gives indications that some part of the rho/sup 0/ mesons in the region of x studied are formed as the result of decays of higher-lying resonances.
Research Organization:
Institute of High Energy Physics, Serpukhov
OSTI ID:
6046531
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 36:6; ISSN SJNCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English