Production of eta mesons in 200-A/GeV S + S and S + Au reactions

The WA80 collaboration Albrecht, R. ; Antonenko, V. ; Awes, T.C. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 361 (1995) 14-20, 1995.
Inspire Record 397305 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.41686

Minimum Bias production cross sections of $\eta$ mesons have been measured in 200AGeV S+Au and S+S collisions at the CERN SPS by reconstructing the $\eta\rightarrow\gamma\gamma$ decay. The measurements have been made over the rapidity range $2.1 \leq y \leq 2.9$ using the leadglass spectrometer of WA80. Within the statistical and systematical uncertainties the spectral shapes of $\pi~0$ and $\eta$ mesons yields are identical when their invariant differential cross section is plotted as a function of the transverse mass. The relative normalization of the $\eta$ to $\pi~0$ transverse mass spectra is found to be $0.53 \pm 0.07$ for S+Au and $0.43 \pm 0.15$ for S+S reactions. Extrapolation to full phase space leads to an integrated cross section ratio of $\eta$ to $\pi~0$ mesons of $0.15 \pm 0.02 {\rm (stat.)} \pm 0.02 {\rm (syst.)}$, and $0.12 \pm 0.03 {\rm (stat.)} \pm 0.02 {\rm (syst.)}$ for S+Au and S+S collisions, respectively.

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Single photon and neutral meson production from WA80

The WA80 collaboration Santo, R. ; Albrecht, R. ; Awes, T.C. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 566 (1994) 61C-68C, 1994.
Inspire Record 36273 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.9268

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