Diffraction Dissociation at the {CERN} Pulsed Collider at {CM} Energies of 900-{GeV} and 200-{GeV}

Collaboration
Jul, 1986
20 pages
Published in:
  • Z.Phys.C 33 (1986) 175
Report number:
  • BONN-HE-86-19
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Springer)
Cross-sections for diffractive particle production and pseudorapidity distributions of the decay products of diffractive states are presented. The data were obtained with the UA 5 streamer chamber detector at the CERNpp Collider operated in a new pulsed mode yieldingpp interactions at c.m. energies of 900 and 200 GeV. Data recorded with a special trigger designed to select a sample of events enriched in single-diffractive interactions clearly favour apt-limited fragmentation of diffractive states. The cross-section for single-diffractive particle production ϊ was found to be 7.8±0.5±1.1 mb at 900 GeV and 4.8±0.5±0.8 mb at 200 GeV (first error statistical, second systematic). From the pseudorapidity distribution of diffractive states we deduce the average number of charged particles to be 6.5±1.0 at 900 GeV and 4.1±1.1 at 200 GeV. Furthermore we report on our estimates for the cross-section of double-diffractive particle production at both Collider energies.
  • ANTI-P P: COLLIDING BEAMS
  • COLLIDING BEAMS: ANTI-P P
  • ANTI-P P: INCLUSIVE REACTION
  • DIFFRACTION: DISSOCIATION
  • DIFFRACTION: CROSS SECTION
  • SPECTRUM: RAPIDITY
  • RAPIDITY: SPECTRUM
  • FOUR-PI-DETECTOR: UA5
  • EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
  • CERN SPS COLL