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Comparison of pion- and proton-production of charmonium

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6660083
Charomium chi states produced in ..pi../sup -/-beryllium interactions at 190 GeV/c and in proton-beryllium interactions at 200 GeV/c and 250 GeV/c have been observed via their decay into J/Psi + ..gamma... This experiment was carried out with the Chicago Cyclotron Magnet Spectrometer at Fermilab. The fraction of J/Psi's resulting from chi decay is measured to be 0.33 +- 0.07 for incident pions and 0.47 +- 0.21 for incident protons. The chi(3510) and chi(3555) are produced in roughly equal numbers for pions, but the chi(3555) dominates for protons. Simple gluon fusion accounts for chi production by protons. This is reasonable considering the lack of valence antiquarks in the proton-beryllium system. Other mechanisms are needed to explain chi production by pions.
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER01195
OSTI ID:
6660083
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/01195-T6; COO-1195-493; ON: DE84015351
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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