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Abstract: (arXiv)
The production of phi mesons in proton collisions with C, Cu, Ag, and Au targets has been studied via the phi -> K+K- decay at an incident beam energy of 2.83 GeV using the ANKE detector system at COSY. For the first time, the momentum dependence of the nuclear transparency ratio, the in-medium phi width, and the differential cross section for phi meson production at forward angles have been determined for these targets over the momentum range of 0.6 - 1.6 GeV/c. There are indications of a significant momentum dependence in the value of the extracted phi width, which corresponds to an effective phi-N absorption cross section in the range of 14 - 21 mb.
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  • 9 pages, 5 figures
  • 13.75.-n
  • 14.40.Be
  • 13.25.-k
  • Phi(1020): hadroproduction
  • nucleus: transparency
  • momentum dependence
  • differential cross section: measured
  • Juelich COSY PS
  • ANKE
  • experimental results