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Dimuon production in 800 GeV/C proton-nucleon collisions

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7188259
The reaction p + N {yields} {mu}{sup +} {mu}{sup {minus}} + X with 800 GeVc{sup {minus}1} incident protons was studied at FNAL. The data contains {approximately} 140 dimuons with masses between 8 and 15 GeVc{sup {minus}2}. Mass resolution was {approximately} 0.25%, acceptance {approximately}0.9% and luminosity {approximately}1.4 {times} 10{sup 4} pb{sup {minus}1}. Production cross-sections are calculated for the three Upsilons and the Drell-Yan continuum. No evidence for new narrow resonances was found. The data is also examined in the light of various Upsilon production mechanisms, and the gluon structure function, at high q{sup 2} is extracted.
Research Organization:
Washington Univ., Seattle, WA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7188259
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English