Measurement of the cross-section for the process gamma gamma --> p anti-p at s(ee)**(1/2) = 183-GeV - 189-GeV at LEP.

The OPAL collaboration Abbiendi, G. ; Ainsley, C. ; Akesson, P.F. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 28 (2003) 45-54, 2003.
Inspire Record 595836 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.48881

The exclusive production of proton-antiproton pairs in the collisions of two quasi-real photons had been studied using data taken at sqrt(s)_ee=183 GeV and 189 GeV with the OPAL detector at LEP. Results are presented for Ppbar invariant masses, W, in the range 2.15 W< <3.95 GeV. The cross-section measurements are compared with previous data and with recent analytic calculations based on the quark-diquark model.

3 data tables

Cross section as a function of the invariant mass of the pbar-p pair.

Cross section for two photon production of the pbar-p pair.

Angular distributions in 3 W ranges.


Differential Cross-sections for $\gamma \gamma \to p \bar{p}$ in the Center-of-mass Energy Range From 2.0-{GeV} to 3.1-{GeV}

The TASSO collaboration Althoff, M. ; Braunschweig, W. ; Gather, K. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 130 (1983) 449-453, 1983.
Inspire Record 191417 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.6654

Exclusive production of proton-antiproton pairs by two photon scattering at CM energies between 2.0 GeV and 3.1 GeV has been measured with the TASSO detector at the e + e − storage ring PETRA. The angular distribution is flat within the accepted CM angular range | cos Θ ∗ |⩽0.7 . The integrated cross section (| cos Θ ∗ |⩽0.6) drops from about 4 nb at 2 GeV to less than 0.5 nb above 3 GeV. For the two-photon production of the η c (2984) and its subsequent decay into proton-antiproton the upper limit Γ(η c →γγ)· B (η c → p p )<0.32 keV (95% CL) is found.

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UPPER LIMIT FOR THE PRODUCT OF THE ETA/C --> GAMMA GAMMA WIDTH AND THE BRANCHING RATIO OF ETA/C --> P AP IS DETERMINED TO BE 0.32 KEV WITH 90 PCT CL.

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