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Title: Central Exclusive $$\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$$ Production in $$p\bar{p}$$ Collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 0.9$$ and 1.96 TeV at the Tevatron

Conference · · EPJ Web Conf.

Exclusive $$\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$$ production in proton-antiproton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 0.9$$ and 1.96 TeV in the Collider Detector at Fermilab has been measured. We selected events with exactly two particles with opposite charge, in $$|\eta|<1.3$$, with no other particles detected in $$|\eta| < 5.9$$. We require the central $$\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$$ to have rapidity $|y|<1$. Since these events are dominated by double pomeron exchange, the quantum numbers of the central state are constrained. The data show resonance structures attributed to the $$f_0$$ and $$f_2$$ mesons.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
CDF
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1327027
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-14-539-PPD; 1333093
Journal Information:
EPJ Web Conf., Vol. 81; Conference: 13th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction, Cracow, Poland, 05/29-06/03/2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English