This paper presents results on charm photoproduction in the energy interval 40 to 160 GeV, obtained from the high-statistics charm samples of the NA 14/2 experiment at CERN. We measure the charm cross-section, the distributions inxF andp2T and various production ratios and charge asymmetries. The total non-diffractive open-charm cross-section per nucleon is measured to be\(\sigma _{(\gamma N \to c\bar cX)} \) at 〈Eγ〉 =100 GeV. We discuss the photoproduction of charm in terms of theoretical and phenomenological models. We compare the measuredp2T andxF distributions with first-order QCD calculations of photon-gluon fusion and obtain a value for the charm-quark mass ofmc=1.5+0.2−0.1GeV/c2.
D0 cross section assuming branching ratio of D0 --> K- PI+ of 3.65 +- 0.21 PCT.
D+(-) cross section assuming branching ratio of D+ --> K- PI+ PI+ of 8.0 +0.8,-0.7 PCT.
Total non diffractive open charm production cross section allowing for contributions for other charmed particles (D/S and LAMBDA/C). Comparison of data with first order QCD leads to a predicted charm quark mass of 1.5 +0.2,-0.1 GeV.
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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////RES-DEF(RES=DEL++,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.08 < M(P PI+) < 1.8 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=SIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(LAMDA PI+-) <2.0 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=ASIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(ALAMDA PI+-) < 2.0< GEV)).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////RES-DEF(RES=DEL++,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.08 < M(P PI+) < 1.8 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=SIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(LAMDA PI+-) <2.0 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=ASIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(ALAMDA PI+-) < 2.0< GEV)).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////RES-DEF(RES=DEL++,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.08 < M(P PI+) < 1.8 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=SIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(LAMDA PI+-) <2.0 GEV)//RES-DEF(RES=ASIG(1385P13)+-,BACK=CORRECTED,DEF=1.26 < M(ALAMDA PI+-) < 2.0< GEV)).
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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////NOT GIVEN).
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Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////NOT GIVEN).
Results are presented on the inclusive photoproduction of λ and λ for incident photon energies between 25 and 70 GeV. The slope parameter of the p T 2 distribution is found to be 2.83±0.1 GeV −2 for λ and 3.28±0.25 GeV −2 for λ . The x F distributions, measured in the range −0.2 to 0.7, show that while λ are produced centrally, λ production extends to more negative values of x F ; the shapes show no energy dependence and are similar to those in pion-induced reactions. The polarization of the produced λ is less than 10%. The results are discussed in terms of vector dominance and quark fusion models.
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Results are presented on inclusive production of resonant and non-resonant particle systems produced inK+p interactions at 32 GeV/c. We compareK*+(892),\(\bar \Sigma ^{ *- } \)(1385), Σ*±(1385), and ϱ0 inclusivex-spectra with the ones of non-resonantKs0π±,\(\bar \Lambda \pi ^ -\), Λπ± and π+π− pairs at the same effective mass. Resonance-particle pairsK*+π±, Σ*+π−, and\(\bar \Sigma ^{ *- } \pi ^ -\) are also studied together with non-resonant tripletsKs0π±, Λπ+π−,\(\bar \Lambda \pi ^ -\pi ^ -\). The invariantx-spectra of resonant particle pairs decrease less rapidly withx then the corresponding non-resonant pairs. Comparison with quark-recombination predictions indicates that the particles, resonances and multiparticle systems are probably created off a single valence quark or diquark instead of carrying all possible valence-quarks.
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