Measurement of the J/psi production cross section in 920-GeV/c fixed-target proton-nucleus interactions

The HERA-B collaboration Abt, I. ; Adams, M. ; Agari, M. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 638 (2006) 407-414, 2006.
Inspire Record 700309 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.57500

The mid-rapidity (dsigma_(pN)/dy at y=0) and total sigma_(pN) production cross sections of J/Psi mesons are measured in proton-nucleus interactions. Data collected by the HERA-B experiment in interactions of 920 GeV/c protons with carbon, titanium and tungsten targets are used for this analysis. The J/Psi mesons are reconstructed by their decay into lepton pairs. The total production cross section obtained is sigma_(pN)(J/Psi) = 663 +- 74 +- 46 nb/nucleon. In addition, our result is compared with previous measurements.

4 data tables

Cross section for the individual targets for the visible rapidity region.

Total cross section for the individual targets extrapolated to the full phase space.

Total cross section for P NUCLEON --> J/PSI X for the full phase space.

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