We report on a search for new quarks in hadronic Z° decays. From the event shape analysis of a data sample containing 2185 multihadronic annihilation events, we observe no evidence for the top or b' quarks. We derive limits for the top and b' quark masses under the assumption of various possible standard model and non-standard model decay schemes. Our search is sensitive to quark masses larger than 23 GeV/ c 2 ; it yields the following lower limits at a 95% confidence level: 44.5 GeV/ c 2 for the top quark mass and 45.2 GeV/ c 2 for the b′ quark mass.
Measured event shape distributions - uncorrected.
We have measured antiproton production cross sections as functions of centrality in collisions of 14.6 GeV/c per nucleon Si28 ions with targets of Al, Cu, and Pb. For all targets, the antiproton yields increase linearly with the number of projectile nucleons that have interacted, and show little target dependence. We discuss the implications of this result on the production and absorption of antiprotons within the nuclear medium.
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THE AZIMUTHAL ANGLE DISTRIBUTIONS OF PI0 HAVE BEEN FITTED BY: D(N)/D(PHI)=N*(1+CONST(Q=1)*COS(PHI)+CONST(Q=2)*COS(2*PHI)), WHERE PHI IS THE AZIMUTHAL ANGLEOF PI0 RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING COORDINATE SYSTEM: Z AXIS DIRECTED ALONG BEAM MOMENTUM, X AXIS DIRECTED ALONG TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM CONSTRUCTED FROM TRANSVERSE MOMENTA OF THE FINAL STATE PARTICLES (SEE PAPER). THE 17 PCT OF ALL NONPERIPHERAL EVENTS HAS BEEN REMOVED (SEE PAPER).
THE AZIMUTHAL ANGLE DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHARGED PARTICLES HAVE BEEN FITTED BY : D(N)/D(PHI)=N *(1+CONST(Q=1)*COS(PHI)+CONST(Q=2)*COS(2*PHI)), WHERE PHI IS THEAZIMUTHAL ANGLE OF CHARGED PARTICLE RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING COORDINATE SYSTEM : Z AXIS DIRECTED ALONG BEAM MOMENTUM, X AXIS DIRECTED ALONG TRANSVERSE MOMENTU M CONSTRUCTED FROM TRANSVERSE MOMENTA OF THE FINAL STATE PARTICLES (SEE PAPER). A systematic error of 0.03 has been estimated for CONST(Q=1) and CONST(Q= 2).
THE AZIMUTHAL ANGLE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NEUTRONS HAVE BEEN FITTED BY: D(N)/D (PHI)=N *(1+CONST(Q=1)*COS(PHI)+CONST(Q=2)*COS(2*PHI)), WHERE PHI IS THE AZIMUTHAL ANGLE OF NEUTRON RELATIVE TO THE FOLLOWING COORDINATE SYSTEM: Z AXIS DIRECTEDALONG BEAM MOMENTUM, X AXIS DIRECTED ALONG TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM CONSTRUCTED FRO M TRANSVERSE MOMENTA OF THE FINAL STATE PARTICLES (SEE PAPER). A systematic error of 0.03 has been estimated for CONST(Q=1) and CONST(Q= 2).
The production of neutral pions has been studied in the reactions 40 Ar + nat Ca , 86 Kr + nat Zr and 197 Au + 197 Au at 1 A GeV. For high energy pions emitted from the heavier systems a steeper than linear rise of the pion multiplicity with the centrality of the reaction is observed, indicating a pion production process other than binary nucleon-nucleon collisions. At low transverse momenta an enhancement of the π 0 -multiplicity increasing with the mass of the collision system is found. Systematic discrepancies between the experimental results and recent BUU, QMD and Cascade calculations are discussed.
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RESULTS OF AN EXTRAPOLATION TO THE FULL SOLID ANGLE TAKING THE EXPERIMENTALTEMPERATURES INTO ACCOUNT.
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Exclusive ϱ 0 and φ muoproduction on deuterium, carbon and calcium has been studied in the kinematic range 2< Q 2 < 25 GeV 2 and 40 < ν < 180GeV. We discuss the Q 2 dependence of the cross sections, the transverse momentum distributions for the vector mesons, the decay angular distributions and, in the case of the ϱ 0 , nuclear effects. The data for 0 production are compatible with a diffractive mechanism. The distinct features of φ production are a smaller cross section and less steep p t 2 distributions than those for the 0 mesons.
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Single particle distributions of π ± , K ± , p , p and d near mid-rapidity from 450 GeV/c p A and 200 GeV/c per nucleon SA collisions are presented. Inverse slope parameters are extracted from the transverse mass spectra, and examined for indications of collective phenomena. Proton and antiproton yields are determined for different projectile-target combinations. First results from 160 GeV/c per nucleon PbPb collisions are presented.
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PRELIMINARY DATA FOR CENTRAL EVENTS.
Inclusive cross sections for Ξ- hyperon production in high-energy Σ-, π- and neutron induced interactions were measured by the experiment WA89 at CERN. Secondary Σ- and π- beams with average momenta of 345 GeV/c and a neutron beam of 260 GeV/c were produced by primary protons of 450 GeV/c from the CERN SPS. The influence of the target mass on the Ξ- cross section is explored by comparing reactions on copper and carbon nuclei. Both single and double differential cross sections are presented as a function of the transverse momentum and the Feynman variable xF. A strong leading effect for Σ- produced by Σ- is observed.
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We report on a measurement of the differential and total cross sections of inclusive production of Xi resonances in Sigma - nucleus collisions at 345 GeV/c.
Feynman X distribution for producton XI(1530)0 on copper and carbon. The quoted errors are statistical.
PT**2 distribution for XI(1530) producton on copper and carbon. The uoted errors are statistical.
Feynman X distribution (times BR) per nucleon for XI(1820) and XI(1950) production. The quoted errors are statistical.
The production of charmed particles by Sigma- of 340 Gev/c momentum was studied in the hyperon beam experiment WA89 at the CERN-SPS, using the Omega-spectrometer. In two data-taking periods in 1993 and 1994 an integrated luminosity of 1600 microb^-1 on copper and carbon targets was recorded. From the reconstruction of 930 +- 90 charm particle decays in 10 decay channels production cross sections for D, antiD, Ds and Lambdac were determined in the region xF>0. Assuming an A^1 dependence of the cross section on the nucleon number, we calculate a total ccbar production cross section of sigma(x_F > 0) = 5.3+- 0.4(stat)+-1.0(syst)+1.0(Xi_c) microb per nucleon. The last term is an upper limit on the unknown contribution from charmed-strange baryon production.
Fits to the DSIG/DXL and DSIG/DPT**2 distributions in the range XL > 0. Theerrors shown are statistical only.. The fits are of the following form:. DSIG/DXL : Const*(1-X)**N. DSIG/DPT**2 : Const*EXP(-B*PT**2).
The production cross sections for anti-charmed and charmed hadrons in the range XL > 0. The Errors are statistical only.
The total CQUARK+CQUARKBAR cross section in the range XL > obtained as the weighted average of the sum of all the measured contributions to the charmed andanti-charmed hadron production in the previous table. second systematic (DSYS) error is due to the uncertainty in the contribution of XI/C production to the cross section.
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Total inclusive production cross sections for the SIGMA- beam on the Coppertarget.
Total inclusive production cross sections for the SIGMA- beam on the Carbontarget.
Total inclusive production cross sections per nucleon for the SIGMA- beam, and the exponent in the cross section parametrization of the form A**POWER.
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