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A measurement of $\Lambda$ polarization in inclusive production by $\Sigma^-$ of 340-GeV/c in C and Cu targets

The WA89 collaboration Adamovich, M.I. ; Alexandrov, Yu.A. ; Baranov, S.P. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 32 (2004) 221-228, 2004.
Inspire Record 645459 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43190

We have measured the polarization of $\Lambda$ hyperons produced inclusively by a $\Sigma^-$ beam of 340 GeV/c momentum in nuclear targets. From a sample of 9.5 millions of identified $\Lambda$ decays, polarizations were determined in the range $x_F \gt 0.1$ and $p_t\leq 1.6$ GeV/c . The polarization w.r.t. the production normal is mainly positive for $x_F \geq 0.3$. At fixed values of $x_F$, it increases with $p_t$ to a maximum between $p_t = 0.5$ and $p_t = 1$ GeV/c , and then decreases to zero or even negative values, in sharp contrast to the plateau above $p_t = 1$ GeV/c observed in inclusive $\Lambda$ production by protons.

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Measured values of the LAMBDA polarization as a function of PT in the XL range 0.1 to 0.2.

Measured values of the LAMBDA polarization as a function of PT in the XL range 0.2 to 0.3.

Measured values of the LAMBDA polarization as a function of PT in the XL range 0.3 to 0.4.

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Inclusive K+ meson production in proton nucleus interactions.

Buescher, Markus ; Koptev, V. ; Nekipelov, M. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.A 22 (2004) 301-317, 2004.
Inspire Record 643363 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43537

The production of K^+ mesons in pA (A = D, C, Cu, Ag, Au) collisions has been investigated at the COoler SYnchrotron COSY-Julich for beam energies T_p = 1.0 - 2.3 GeV. Double differential inclusive pC cross sections at forward angles theta < 12 degrees as well as the target-mass dependence of the K^+ momentum spectra have been measured with the ANKE spectrometer. Far below the free NN threshold at T_{NN}=1.58 GeV the spectra reveal a high degree of collectivity in the target nucleus. From the target-mass dependence of the cross sections at higher energies, the repulsive in-medium potential of K^+ mesons can be deduced. Using pN cross-section parameterisations from literature and our measured pD data we derive a cross-section ratio of sigma(pn -> K^+ X) / sigma(pp -> K^+ X) ~ (3-4).

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Double differential cross section for P C --> K+ X obtained in the 1.3 T mode. Errors do not include systematic uncertainties.

Double differential cross section for P C --> K+ X obtained in the 1.6 T mode. Errors do not include systematic uncertainties.

Cross section ratios CU/C and AU/C measured with the 1.3 T mode. Errors include statistical and systematic uncertainties.

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Measurements of electron proton elastic cross sections for 0.4-(GeV/c)**2 < Q**2 < 5.5-(GeV/c)**2.

The E94110 collaboration Christy, M.E. ; Ahmidouch, A. ; Armstrong, C.S. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 70 (2004) 015206, 2004.
Inspire Record 643262 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31763

We report on precision measurements of the elastic cross section for electron-proton scattering performed in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. The measurements were made at 28 unique kinematic settings covering a range in momentum transfer of 0.4 $<$ $Q^2$ $<$ 5.5 $(\rm GeV/c)^2$. These measurements represent a significant contribution to the world's cross section data set in the $Q^2$ range where a large discrepancy currently exists between the ratio of electric to magnetic proton form factors extracted from previous cross section measurements and that recently measured via polarization transfer in Hall A at Jefferson Lab.

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Measured values of the electron-proton elastic cross section for beam energy 1.148 GeV.

Measured values of the electron-proton elastic cross section for beam energy 1.882 GeV.

Measured values of the electron-proton elastic cross section for beam energy 2.235 GeV.

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Measurement of dijet production at low Q**2 at HERA.

The H1 collaboration Aktas, A. ; Andreev, V. ; Anthonis, T. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 37 (2004) 141-159, 2004.
Inspire Record 642523 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46280

Triple differential dijet cross sections in e^\pm p interactions are presented in the region of photon virtualities 27GeV, E_T2>5GeV, and pseudorapidities -2.5 < eta_1^*, eta_2^* <0. The measurements are made in the gamma^* p centre-of-mass frame, using an integrated luminosity of 57pb^-1. The data are compared with NLO QCD calculations and LO Monte Carlo programs with and without a resolved virtual photon contribution. NLO QCD calculations fail to describe the region of low Q^2 and low jet transverse energies, in contrast to a LO Monte Carlo generator which includes direct and resolved photon interactions with both transversely and longitudinally polarised photons. Initial and final state parton showers are tested as a mechanism for including higher order QCD effects in low E_T jet production.

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Triple differential dijet cross sections as a function of Q**2, ET and X(C=GAMMA).

Triple differential dijet cross sections as a function of Q**2, ET and X(C=GAMMA).

Triple differential dijet cross sections as a function of Q**2, ET and X(C=GAMMA).

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Photoproduction of D*+- mesons associated with a leading neutron.

The ZEUS collaboration Chekanov, S. ; Derrick, M. ; Krakauer, D. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 590 (2004) 143-160, 2004.
Inspire Record 642709 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.46281

The photoproduction of $D^{*\pm} (2010)$ mesons associated with a leading neutron has been observed with the ZEUS detector in $ep$ collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 80 pb$^{-1}$. The neutron carries a large fraction, {$x_L>0.2$}, of the incoming proton beam energy and is detected at very small production angles, {$\theta_n<0.8$ mrad}, an indication of peripheral scattering. The $D^*$ meson is centrally produced with pseudorapidity {$|\eta|<1.5$}, and has a transverse momentum {$p_{\it T} > 1.9$ GeV}, which is large compared to the average transverse momentum of the neutron of 0.22 GeV. The ratio of neutron-tagged to inclusive $D^*$ production is $8.85\pm 0.93({\rm stat.})^{+0.48}_{-0.61}({\rm syst.})\%$ in the photon-proton center-of-mass energy range {$130

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Integrated cross section. The first DSYS error includes the uncertainty in the luminosity and the second DSYS error is due to the knowledge of the branching ratios.

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Photon and neutral pion production in Au + Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 130-GeV.

The STAR collaboration Adams, J. ; Adler, C. ; Aggarwal, M.M. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 70 (2004) 044902, 2004.
Inspire Record 642374 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.98925

We report the first inclusive photon measurements about mid-rapidity (|y|<0.5) from Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_{NN}) = 130 GeV at RHIC. Photon pair conversions were reconstructed from electron and positron tracks measured with the Time Projection Chamber (TPC) of the STAR experiment. With this method, an energy resolution of Delta(E)/E = 2% at 0.5 GeV has been achieved. Reconstructed photons have also been used to measure the transverse momentum (pt) spectra of pi0 mesons about mid-rapidity (|y|<1) via the pi0 -> photon photon decay channel. The fractional contribution of the pi0 -> photon photon decay to the inclusive photon spectrum decreases by 20% +/- 5% between pt = 1.65 GeV/c and pt = 2.4 GeV/c in the most central events, indicating that relative to pi0 -> photon photon decay the contribution of other photon sources is substantially increasing.

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Data for the electron-positron invariant mass plots

dE/dx deviant distributions of positive daughters

Data for the number of reconstructed photon conversions as a function of conversion location plots

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Bose-Einstein correlations of charged pion pairs in Au + Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV.

The PHENIX collaboration Adler, S.S. ; Afanasiev, S. ; Aidala, C. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 152302, 2004.
Inspire Record 642225 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.140436

Bose-Einstein correlations of identically charged pion pairs were measured by the PHENIX experiment at mid-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 200 GeV. The Bertsch-Pratt radius parameters were determined as a function of the transverse momentum of the pair and as a function of the centrality of the collision. Using the \it{full} Coulomb correction, the ratio $R_{\rm out}/R_{\rm side}$ is smaller than unity for $$ from 0.25 to 1.2 GeV/c and for all measured centralities. However, using recently developed partial Coulomb correction methods, we find that $R_{\rm out}/R_{\rm side}$ is 0.8-1.1 for the measured $$ range, and approximately constant at unity with the number of participants.

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Panel (a) and (b) show one-dimensional correlation functions for $\pi^+\pi^+$ and $\pi^-\pi^-$. The bottom figures show the three-dimensional correlation function for $\pi^-\pi^-$ with the full Coulomb (open circle) and without Coulomb (filled triangle) corrections for 0.2 < $k_T$ < 2.0 GeV/$c$ for 0-30% centrality. The projection of the 3-D correlation functions are averaged over the lowest 40 MeV in the orthogonal directions. The error bars are statistical only. The lines overlaid on the open circles (filled triangles) correspond to fits to Eq. 1 (Eq. 2) over the entire distribution. Panel (c) shows the one-dimensional correlation function of unlike-signed pions for 0.2 < $k_T$ < 2.0 GeV/$c$. The two overlaid histograms show calculations for the full (dashed) and the 50% partial (solid) Coulomb corrections. $<k_T>$ ~ 0.45 ($\pm$0.17) GeV/$c$ and $<N_{part}>$ ~ 281 ($\pm$4).

The $k_T$ dependence of the Bertsch-Pratt radius parameters and $\lambda$ for charged pions for 0-30% centrality. Filled triangles show the results from fits to a core-halo structure by Eq. 2, with statistical error bars and systematic error bands. Open circles and squares show the results from the full (Eq. 1) and 50% partial (Eq. 3) Coulomb corrections with statistical error bars, respectively. Results at 130 GeV by PHENIX are given by filled circles.

The $k_T$ dependence of the Bertsch-Pratt radius parameters and $\lambda$ for charged pions for 0-30% centrality. Filled triangles show the results from fits to a core-halo structure by Eq. 2, with statistical error bars and systematic error bands. Open circles and squares show the results from the full (Eq. 1) and 50% partial (Eq. 3) Coulomb corrections with statistical error bars, respectively. Results at 130 GeV by PHENIX are given by filled circles.

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Muon pair and tau pair production in two-photon collisions at LEP.

The L3 collaboration Achard, P. ; Adriani, O. ; Aguilar-Benitez, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 585 (2004) 53-62, 2004.
Inspire Record 645127 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48801

The QED processes e^+ e^- -> e^+ e^- \mu^+ \mu^- and e^+ e^- -> e^+ e^- \tau^+ \tau^- are studied with the L3 detector at LEP using an untagged data sample collected at centre-of-mass energies 161 GeV < sqrt{s} < 209 GeV. The tau-pairs are observed through the associated decay of one tau into e\nu\nu and the other into \pi\pi\nu . The cross sections are measured as a function of sqrt{s}. For muon pairs, the cross section of the \gamma\gamma -> \mu^+\mu^- process is also measured as a function of the two-photon centre-of-mass energy for 3 GeV < W_{\gamma\gamma} < 40 GeV. Good agreement is found between these measurements and the O(\alpha^4) QED expectations. In addition, limits on the anomalous magnetic and electric dipole moments of the tau lepton are extracted.

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Cross sections for muon-pair production as a function of centre of mass energy.

Cross sections for tau-pair production as a function of centre of mass energy.

Cross sections for the process GAMMA GAMMA --> MU+ MU- as a function of W.


Charm meson spectra in e+ e- annihilation at 10.5-GeV c.m.e.

The CLEO collaboration Artuso, M. ; Boulahouache, C. ; Blusk, S. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 112001, 2004.
Inspire Record 645209 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.47195

Using the CLEO detector at the Cornell Electron-positron Storage Ring, we have measured the scaled momentum spectra, dsigma/dx_p, and the inclusive production cross sections of the charm mesons D+, D0, D*+, and D*0 in e+e- annihilation at about 10.5 GeV center of mass energy, excluding the decay products of B mesons. The statistical accuracy and momentum resolution are superior to previous measurements at this energy.

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Total cross sections for D production from the various decay modes. The data are fully corrected for detection efficiency and decay branching ratios. The second DSYS error is the error due to the uncertainty in the branching ratio.

Differential cross sections for D+ production from the (K- PI+ PI+) decay mode.

Differential cross sections for D0 production from the (K- PI+) decay mode.

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Near threshold electroproduction of the omega meson at Q**2 approx. 0.5-GeV**2.

The Jefferson Laboratory E91-016 collaboration Ambrozewicz, P. ; Mitchell, J. ; Dunne, J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 70 (2004) 035203, 2004.
Inspire Record 645605 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31643

Electroproduction of the omega meson was investigated in the p(e,e'p)omega reaction. The measurement was performed at a 4-momentum transfer Q2 ~ 0.5 GeV2. Angular distributions of the virtual photon-proton center-of-momentum cross sections have been extracted over the full angular range. These distributions exhibit a strong enhancement over t-channel parity exchange processes in the backward direction. According to a newly developed electroproduction model, this enhancement provides significant evidence of resonance formation in the gamma* p -> omega p reaction channel.

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Differential cross section for an average W of 1.75 GeV.

Differential cross section for an average W of 1.79 GeV.