Measurement of the production of high mass gamma gamma, pi0 pi0, and gamma pi0 pairs in pi- p, pi+ p, and p p collisions at 300-GeV/c

De Marzo, C. ; De Palma, M. ; Favuzzi, C. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 42 (1990) 748-758, 1990.
Inspire Record 303958 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.22851

The NA24 experiment at CERN investigated inclusive γγ, π0π0, and γπ0 final states in the mass range between 4 and 9 GeV/c2 produced in π−p, π+p, and pp reactions at a c.m.-system energy s=23.7 GeV. The π0π0 cross sections agree well with expectations of the quark-parton model. For γπ0 production in π−p and pp reactions, a clear signal is observed and cross sections are shown. The production of γγ events was observed with a statistical significance of 2.9σ in π−p reactions. The cross section is in agreement with a higher-order QCD prediction.

5 data tables

Cross sections are averaged over the transverse momentum differences up to a value which is 1.10 GeV for all points except the first two which are 0.5 and 0.75 GeV respectively.

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Maximum accepted transverse momentum difference of pi0 pair is 1 GeV. Inclusive cross section integrated over the total geometrical acceptance of the detector.

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