Measurement of inclusive p0, f0(980), f2(1270), K2*0(1430) and f2′(1525) production in Z0 decays

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 449:3-4 (1999) 364-382

Authors:

P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, P Adzic, I Ajinenko, Z Albrecht, T Alderweireld, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, T Allmendinger, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, EG Anassontzis, P Andersson, A Andreazza, S Andringa, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Asman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, G Barbiellini, R Barbier, DY Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, AC Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, M Besancon, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, MA Bizouard, D Bloch, HM Blom, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, AW Borgland, G Borisov, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, I Bozovic, M Bozzo, P Branchini, T Brenke, RA Brenner, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, V Chabaud, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, J Chudoba, K Cieslik, P Collins, R Contri, E Cortina, G Cosme

Abstract:

DELPHI results are presented on the inclusive production of the neutral mesons ρ0, f0(980), f2(1270), K2*0(1430) and f2′(1525) in hadronic Z0 decays. They are based on about 2 million multihadronic events collected in 1994 and 1995, using the particle identification capabilities of the DELPHI Ring Imaging Cherenkov detectors and measured ionization losses in the Time Projection Chamber. The total production rates per hadronic Z0 decay have been determined to be: 1.19 ± 0.10 for ρ0; 0.164 ± 0.021 for f0(980); 0.214 ± 0.038 for f2(1270); 0.073 ± 0.023 for K2*0(1430); and 0.012 ± 0.006 for f2′(1525). The total production rates for all mesons and differential cross-sections for the ρ0, f0(980) and f2(1270) are compared with the results of other LEP experiments and with models. © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Measurement of jet shapes in high-Q2 deep inelastic scattering at HERA

European Physical Journal C 8:3 (1999) 367-380

Authors:

J Breitweg, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, R Yoshida, H Zhang, MCK Mattingly, F Anselmo, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, N Coppola, M Corradi, S de Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, M Eckert, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, J Stamm, R Wedemeyer, H Wieber, DS Bailey, S Campbell-Robson, WN Cottingham, B Foster, R Hall-Wilton, GP Heath, HF Heath, JD McFall, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, R Ayad, M Capua, A Garfagnini, L Iannotti, M Schioppa, G Susinno, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, MY Pac, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, B Mellado, JA Parsons, S Ritz, S Sampson, F Sciulli, PB Straub, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, MB Przybycień

Abstract:

The shapes of jets with transverse energies, EjetT, up to 45 GeV produced in neutral- and charged-current deep inelastic e+p scattering (DIS) at Q2 > 100 GeV2 have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Jets are identified using a cone algorithm in the η-φ plane with a cone radius of one unit. The jets become narrower as EjetT increases. The jet shapes in neutral- and charged-current DIS are found to be very similar. The jets in neutral-current DIS are narrower than those in resolved processes in photoproduction and closer to those in direct-photon processes for the same ranges in EjetT and jet pseudorapidity. The jet shapes in DIS are observed to be similar to those in e+e- interactions and narrower than those in p̄p collisions for comparable EjetT. Since the jets in e+e- interactions and e+p DIS are predominantly quark initiated in both cases, the similarity in the jet shapes indicates that the pattern of QCD radiation within a quark jet is to a large extent independent of the hard scattering process in these reactions.

Measurement of multiplicity and momentum spectra in the current and target regions of the Breit frame in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

European Physical Journal C 11:2 (1999) 251-270

Authors:

J Breitweg, S Chekanov, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, G Abbiendi, F Anselmo, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, N Coppola, M Corradi, S de Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, M Eckert, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, J Rautenberg, H Schnurbusch, A Stifutkin, J Tandler, A Weber, H Wieber, DS Bailey, O Barret, WN Cottingham, B Foster, GP Heath, HF Heath, JD McFall, D Piccioni, J Scott, RJ Tapper, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, HY Jeoung, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, KJ Ma, MY Pac, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, B Mellado, JA Parsons, S Ritz, R Sacchi, S Sampson, F Sciulli, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, K Olkiewicz

Abstract:

Charged particle production in neutral current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) has been studied using the ZEUS detector. The evolution of the mean multiplicities, scaled momenta and transverse momenta in Q2 and cursive Greek chi for 10 < Q2 < 5120 GeV2 and cursive Greek chi > 6 × 10-4 has been investigated in the current and target fragmentation regions of the Breit frame. Distributions in the target region, using HERA data for the first time, are compared to distributions in the current region. Predictions based on MLLA and LPHD are inconsistent with the data.

Measurement of the diffractive cross section in deep inelastic scattering using ZEUS 1994 data

European Physical Journal C 6:1 (1999) 43-66

Authors:

J Breitweg, M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, R Yoshida, H Zhang, MCK Mattingly, F Anselmo, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, N Coppola, M Corradi, S de Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, C Amelung, A Bornheim, I Brock, K Coböken, J Crittenden, R Deffner, M Eckert, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, A Kappes, UF Katz, R Kerger, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, H Schnurbusch, H Wieber, DS Bailey, S Campbell-Robson, WN Cottingham, B Foster, R Hall-Wilton, GP Heath, HF Heath, JD McFall, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, M Capua, L Iannotti, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, JY Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, MY Pac, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, B Mellado, JA Parsons, S Ritz, S Sampson, F Sciulli, PB Straub, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, K Klimek, MB Przybycień, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk

Abstract:

The DIS diffractive cross section, dσdiffγ*p→XN/dMx, has been measured in the mass range Mx < 15 GeV for γ*p c.m. energies 60 < W < 200 GeV and photon virtualities Q2 = 7 to 140 GeV2. For fixed Q2 and Mx, the diffractive cross section rises rapidly with W, dσdiffγ*p→X N (Mx, W, Q2)/dMx ∝ Wadiff with adiff = 0.507 ± 0.034 (stat) +0.155-0.046 (syst) corresponding to a t-averaged pomeron trajectory of ̄αℙ = 1.127 ± 0.009 (stat) +0.039-0.012 (syst) which is larger than ̄αℙ observed in hadron-hadron scattering. The W dependence of the diffractive cross section is found to be the same as that of the total cross section for scattering of virtual photons on protons. The data are consistent with the assumption that the diffractive structure function FD(3)2 factorizes according to cursive greek chiℙFD(3)2(cursive greek chiℙ, β, Q2) = (cursive greek chi0//cursive greek chiℙ)nFD(2)2(β, Q2). They are also consistent with QCD based models which incorporate factorization breaking. The rise of cursive greek chiℙFD(3)2 with decreasing cursive greek chiℙ and the weak dependence of FD(2)2 on Q2 suggest a substantial contribution from partonic interactions.

Measurement of the forward backward asymmetry of c and b quarks at the Z pole using reconstructed D mesons

European Physical Journal C 10:2 (1999) 219-237

Authors:

P Abreu, T Adye, P Adzic, Z Albrecht, T Alderweireld, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, T Allmendinger, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, EG Anassontzis, P Andersson, A Andreazza, S Andringa, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, G Barbiellini, R Barbier, DY Bardin, G Barker, A Baroncelli, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, K Belous, AC Benvenuti, C Berat, M Berggren, D Bertini, D Bertrand, M Besancon, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, MA Bizouard, D Bloch, HM Blom, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, M Boonekamp, PSL Booth, AW Borgland, G Borisov, C Bosio, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, I Boyko, I Bozovic, M Bozzo, P Branchini, T Brenke, RA Brenner, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, T Camporesi, V Canale, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, V Chabaud, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov, P Chochula, V Chorowicz, J Chudoba, K Cieslik, P Collins, R Contri, E Cortina, G Cosme

Abstract:

A measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of e+e- → cc̄ and e+e- → bb̄ on the Z resonance is performed using about 3.5 million hadronic Z decays collected by the DELPHI detector at LEP in the years 1992 to 1995. The heavy quark is tagged by the exclusive reconstruction of several D meson decay modes. The forward-backward asymmetries for c and b quarks at the Z resonance are determined to be: AcFB(√s = 91.235GeV) = 0.0659 ± 0.0094 (stat) ± 0.0035 (syst) AbFB(√s = 91.235 GeV) = 0.0762 ± 0.0194 (stat) ± 0.0085 (syst) AcFB(√s = 89.434 GeV) = -0.0496 ± 0.0368 (stat) ± 0.0053 (syst) AbFB(√s = 89.434 GeV) = 0.0567 ± 0.0756 (stat) ± 0.0117 (syst) AcFB(√s = 92.990 GeV) = 0.1180 ± 0.0318 (stat) ± 0.0062 (syst) AbFB(√s = 92.990 GeV) = 0.0882 ± 0.0633 (stat) ± 0.0122 (syst) The combination of these results leads to an effective electroweak mixing angle of: sin2 θlepteff = 0.2332 ± 0.0016.