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First results of the CERES electron pair spectrometer from p + Be, P + Au and S + Au collisions

The CERES/NA45 collaboration Drees, A. ; Baur, R. ; Breskin, A. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 566 (1994) 87C-94C, 1994.
Inspire Record 362492 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.8728

The CERES experiment (CErenkov Ring Electron Spectrometer) studies the production of low mass e + e − pairs in proton-proton, proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus interactions at the CERN SPS. The CERES spectrometer, has a novel design based on two Ring Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) counters, and it operates close to its design specifications. Data were recorded with 200 GeV u sulfur beam and 450 GeV proton beam. The analysis is in progress. We have extracted first e + − -pairs samples for p+Be, p+Au and S+Au collisions. In addition other physics topics were addressed. Inclusive photon spectra were measured in S+Au interactions. No excess over known hadronic sources was found within our present systematic error of 11%. Results on high p i charged pion spectra are presented up to 4 GeV c . We also studied the production of e + e − -pairs m the strong electromagnetic fields of very peripheral S+Pt collisions. The data are well described by a first-order perturbative QED-calculation.

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NON-DISRUPTIVE S+PT COLLISIONS.

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Enhanced production of low mass electron pairs in 200-GeV/u S - Au collisions at the CERN SPS

The CERES collaboration Agakichiev, G. ; Baur, R. ; Breskin, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 75 (1995) 1272-1275, 1995.
Inspire Record 393957 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.47988

We report on measurements of low-mass electron pairs in 450 GeV p-Be, p-Au, and 200 GeV/nucleon S-Au collisions at central rapidities. For the proton induced interactions, the low-mass spectra are, within the systematic errors, satisfactorily explained by electron pairs from hadron decays, whereas in the S-Au system an enhancement over the hadronic contributions by a factor of 5.0±0.7(stat)±2.0(syst) in the invariant mass range 0.2<m<1.5GeV/c2 is observed. The properties of the excess suggest that it arises from two-pion annihilation ππ→e+e−.

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CENTRAL EVENTS.

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Search for direct photons from S - Au collisions at 200-GeV/u

The CERES collaboration Baur, R. ; Breskin, A. ; Chechik, R. ; et al.
Z.Phys.C 71 (1996) 571-578, 1996.
Inspire Record 398323 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48133

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Systematic study of low-mass electron pair production in p Be and p Au collisions at 450-GeV/c.

Agakichiev, G. ; Appenheimer, M. ; Averbeck, R. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 4 (1998) 231-247, 1998.
Inspire Record 473236 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43113

In a joint effort the CERES/NA45 and TAPS collaborations have measured low-mass electron pairs in p–Be and p–Au collisions at 450 GeV/c at the CERN SPS. In the range covered up to ≈ 1.5 GeV/c2 the mass spectra from p–Be and p–Au collisions are well explained by electron pairs from decays of neutral mesons. For p–Au our result is new. For p–Be, the simultaneously measured electron pair inclusive pair spectrum in which instrumental uncertainties are highly reduced. We confirm the earlier finding of HELIOS-1 with significantly reduced systematic uncertainties of 23% in the mass range below 450 MeV/c2, and of 28% in the mass range above 750 MeV/c2 at 90% confidence limit. Any unconventional source of electron pairs is limited by these error margins as the percentage fraction of the hadronic contribution.

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Relative production cross sections.


Search for quark compositeness, axigluons and heavy particles using the dijet invariant mass spectrum observed in p anti-p collisions

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Akimoto, H. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 71 (1993) 2542-2546, 1993.
Inspire Record 356676 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19713

The dijet invariant mass distribution has been measured in the region between 140 and 1000 GeV/c2, in 1.8 TeV p p¯ collisions. Data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab show agreement with QCD calculations. A limit on quark compositeness of Λc>1.3 TeV is obtained. Axigluons with masses between 240 and 640 GeV/c2 are excluded at 95% C.L. if we assume ten open decay channels. Model-independent limits on the production of heavy particles decaying into two jets are also presented.

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Measurement of the bottom quark production cross-section using semileptonic decay electrons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 71 (1993) 500-504, 1993.
Inspire Record 355097 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19700

We present measurements of the bottom-quark production cross sections in pp¯ collisions at √s =1.8 TeV. From the inclusive electron production rate, we have determined the bottom-quark production cross sections to be 1010±270, 168±43, 37±10 nb for the rapidity range of ‖yb‖<1.0 and the transverse momentum ranges of pTb>15, 23, 32 GeV/c, respectively. In addition, from the associated electron-D0 production rate, we have determined the bottom-quark cross section to be 364±80(stat)±95(syst) nb for ‖yb‖<1.0 and pTb>19 GeV/c.

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From the inclusive electron production rate.

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Inclusive chi(c) and b quark production in anti-p p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 71 (1993) 2537-2541, 1993.
Inspire Record 357240 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19721

We report the full reconstruction of χc mesons through the decay chain χc→J/ψ γ, J/ψ→μ+μ−, using data obtained at the Collider Detector at Fermilab in 2.6±0.2 pb−1 of p¯p collisions at √s =1.8 TeV. This exclusive χc sample is used to measure the χc-meson production cross section times branching fractions. We obtain σ×B=3.2±0.4(stat)−1.1+1.2(syst) nb for χc mesons decaying to J/ψ with pT>6.0 GeV/c and pseudorapidity ‖η‖<0.5. From this and the inclusive J/ψ cross section we calculate the inclusive b-quark cross section to be 12.0±4.5 μb for pTb>8.5 GeV/c and ‖yb‖<1.

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This determination of the b-quark cross section uses an earlier CDF measurement of the pbar p --> J/PSI X cross section of 6.88 +- 1.11 nb. See Abe et al. PRL 69, 3704.


Measurement of bottom quark production in 1.8-TeV p anti-p collisions using semileptonic decay muons

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 71 (1993) 2396-2400, 1993.
Inspire Record 356237 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19723

We present a measurement of the b-quark cross section in 1.8 TeV p-p¯ collisions recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab using muonic b-quark decays. In the central rapidity region (‖yb‖<1.0), the cross section is 295±21±75 nb (59±14±15 nb) for pTb>21 GeV/c (29 GeV/c). Comparisons are made to previous measurements and next-to-leading order QCD calculations.

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A Measurement of jet shapes in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; Anway, Carol E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 70 (1993) 713-717, 1993.
Inspire Record 340125 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19744

We present a measurement of jet shapes in p¯p collisions at √s =1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Qualitative agreement is seen with the predictions of recent next-to-leading [O(αs3)] calculations and with leading logarithm QCD based Monte Carlo simulations. The dependence of the jet shape on transverse energy is studied.

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Measurement of jet multiplicity in W events produced in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-Tev

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 70 (1993) 4042-4046, 1993.
Inspire Record 355096 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19749

The W production cross section times the branching ratio for W→lν, l=e,μ decays has been measured as a function of the associated jet multiplicity. The data have been recorded at the Collider Detector at Fermilab during the 1988–89 run. A recent leading order QCD calculation agrees well with the data up to a jet multiplicity of 4.

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Cross section times the leptonic branching ratio from the combined electron and muon decay modes.