Measurements of single diffraction at s**(1/2) = 630-GeV: Evidence for a nonlinear alpha(t) of the Pomeron

The UA8 collaboration Brandt, A. ; Erhan, S. ; Kuzucu, A. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.B 514 (1998) 3-44, 1998.
Inspire Record 449347 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.32682

We report measurements of the inclusive differential cross section for the single-diffractive reactions: p + pbar --> p + X and p + pbar --> X + pbar at sqrt(s) = 630 GeV, in the momentum transfer range, 0.8 < -t < 2.0 GeV^2 and final state Feynman-x > 0.90. Based on the assumption of factorization, several new features of the Pomeron Flux Factor are determined from simultaneous fits to our UA8 data and lower energy data from the CHLM collaboration at the CERN-Intersecting Storage Rings. Prominent among these is that the effective Pomeron Regge trajectory requires a term quadratic in t, with coefficient, a'' = 0.079 +- 0.012 GeV^{-4}. We also show that the data require a Pomeron-proton cross section that first decreases with increasing diffractive mass (corresponding to the PPR term in the triple-Regge expansion) and then increases at larger mass (the PPP term), similar to real particle total cross sections. We measure the product, (K x sigma0) = 0.72 +- 0.10 mb/GeV^2, where K is the normalization constant of the Pomeron Flux Factor in the proton and sigma0 is the scale constant in the Pomeron-proton total cross section. Finally, we report the occurence of ``beam jets'' in the Pomeron direction in the rest frame of the diffractive system.

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Single diffractive cross sections.

Single diffractive sdig/dt for X > 0.95.

The average energy flow event in the C.M. frame of the system X for different values of S prime (the invariant Squark mass of the X system).

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ANGULAR AND ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS OF SECONDARY CHARGED PARTICLES FROM ANTI-PROTON PROTON INTERACTIONS AT 22.4-GEV/C MOMENTUM

Boos, E.G. ; Ermilova, D.I. ; Samoilov, V.V. ; et al.
Alma Ata Inst. High Energy Phys. Acad. Sci. - 85-04 (rec.Jul.86) 19 p, 1984.
Inspire Record 210833 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.13427

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