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.


Inclusive mu - Pair Production at 150-GeV by pi+ Mesons and Protons

Anderson, K.J. ; Henry, G.G. ; McDonald, K.T. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 37 (1976) 799, 1976.
Inspire Record 3993 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21035

We report the measurements of the inclusive μ-pair production by 150-GeV protons and π+ mesons on beryllium. Absolute cross sections as well as the Feynman-x and PT dependence are presented in the mass region between 0.211 and 3.5 GeV/c2. Upper limits are also given for the inclusive production of η and ρ′(1600) mesons.

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