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High energy photoproduction of rho and phi vector mesons

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6760942
The photoproduction of rho and phi vector mesons from hydrogen have been studied in the Fermilab broad band neutral beam. Forward going two particle final states were detected in a multiparticle spectrometer consisting of two analyzing magnets, a multiwire-proportional-chamber tracking system and a particle identification system. Recoil protons and target fragments were observed in a recoil detector which surrounded the target. The total elastic cross-sections were measured to be independent of energy at the 10% level from 35 to 225 GeV at 10.6..mu..b for the rho and from 35 to 165 GeV at 0.64 ..mu..b for the phi. The elastic differential cross-sections were also measured. Approximately 20% of the diffractive rho and phi events were found to be inelastic from an analysis of the recoil detector. The t-dependence of the fraction of diffractive events which are inelastic for both the phi and the psi are consistent with a universal function determined from the rho data.
Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA)
OSTI ID:
6760942
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English