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Measurement of elastic φ photoproduction at HERA

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 377:4 (1996) 259-272

Authors:

M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, JR Okrasinski, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, H Zhang, MCK Mattingly, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, R Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, I Gialas, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Polini, G Sartorelli, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, A Bornheim, J Crittenden, T Doeker, M Eckert, L Feld, A Frey, M Geerts, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, UF Katz, S Mengel, J Mollen, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, C Rembser, D Schramm, J Stamm, R Wedemeyer, S Campbell-Robson, A Cassidy, WN Cottingham, N Dyce, B Foster, S George, ME Hayes, GP Heath, HF Heath, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, R Yoshida, M Arneodo, R Ayad, M Capua, A Garfagnini, L Iannotti, M Schioppa, G Susinno, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, Z Jing, W Liu, JA Parsons, S Ritz, F Sciulli, PB Straub, L Wai, S Yang, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, M Zachara, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk, B Bednarek, K Jeleń, D Kisielewska, T Kowalski

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The production of φ mesons in the reaction e+p → e+φp (φ → K+K-) at a median Q2 of 10-4 GeV2 has been studied with the ZEUS detector at HERA. The differential φ photoproduction cross section dσ/dt has an exponential shape and has been determined in the kinematic range 0.1 < |t| < 0.5 GeV2 and 60 < W < 80 GeV. An integrated cross section of σγp→φp = 0.96 ± 0.19+0.21-.18 μb has been obtained by extrapolating to t = 0. When compared to lower energy data, the results show a weak energy dependence of both σγp→φp and the slope of the t distribution. The φ decay angular distributions are consistent with s-channel helicity conservation. From lower energies to HERA energies, the features of φ photoproduction are compatible with those of a soft diffractive process.
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Updated precision measurement of the average lifetime of B hadrons

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 377:1-3 (1996) 195-204

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P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, E Agasi, I Ajinenko, R Aleksan, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, A Andreazza, ML Andrieux, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, R Barate, M Barbi, G Barbiellini, DY Bardin, A Baroncelli, O Barring, JA Barrio, W Bartl, MJ Bates, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, J Baudot, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, AC Benvenuti, M Berggren, D Bertrand, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, P Billoir, D Bloch, M Blume, S Blyth, T Bolognese, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, PSL Booth, G Borisov, C Bosio, S Bosworth, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, M Bozzo, P Branchini, KD Brand, T Brenke, RA Brenner, C Bricman, L Brillault, RCA Brown, P Bruckman, JM Brunei, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, A Buys, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, AJ Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, K Cankocak, F Cao, F Carena, L Carroir, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, L Cerrito, V Chabau, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, J Chauveau, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici, P Chliapnikov

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The measurement of the average lifetime of B hadrons using inclusively reconstructed secondary vertices has been updated using both an improved processing of previous data and additional statistics from new data. This has reduced the statistical and systematic uncertainties and gives τB = 1.582 ± 0.011 (stat.) ± 0.027 (syst.) ps. Combining this result with the previous result based on charged particle impact parameter distributions yields τB = 1.575 ± 0.010 (stat.) ± 0.026 (syst.) ps.
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Search for exclusive decays of the Λb baryon and measurement of its mass

Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 374:4 (1996) 351-361

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P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, E Agasi, I Ajinenko, R Aleksan, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, A Andreazza, ML Andrieux, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, R Barate, M Barbi, DY Bardin, A Baroncelli, O Barring, JA Barrio, W Bartl, MJ Bates, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, J Baudot, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, AC Benvenuti, M Berggren, D Bertrand, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, P Billoir, D Bloch, M Blume, S Blyth, T Bolognese, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, PSL Booth, G Borisov, C Bosio, S Bosworth, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, M Bozzo, P Branchini, KD Brand, T Brenke, RA Brenner, C Bricman, L Brillault, RCA Brown, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, A Buys, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, A Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, K Cankocak, F Cao, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, L Cerrito, V Chabaud, M Chapkin, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, J Chauveau, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici

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A search for fully reconstructed Λ0b beauty baryons is performed using about 3 million Ζ decays collected with the DELPHI detector at LEP. The analysis relies on the combined use of the accurate tracking and of the hadron identification capabilities of DELPHI. A total of four events has been found, three in the Λ+cπ- channel and one in the Λ+ca-1 channel over a small background. The Λ0b beauty baryon mass is measured to be (5668 ± 16 (stat.) ± 8 (syst.)) MeV/c2.
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Charged particle multiplicity in e+e- interactions at √s = 130 GeV

Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 372:1-2 (1996) 172-180

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P Abreu, W Adam, T Adye, E Agasi, I Ajinenko, R Aleksan, GD Alekseev, R Alemany, PP Allport, S Almehed, U Amaldi, S Amato, A Andreazza, ML Andrieux, P Antilogus, WD Apel, Y Arnoud, B Åsman, JE Augustin, A Augustinus, P Baillon, P Bambade, F Barao, R Barate, M Barbi, DY Bardin, A Baroncelli, O Barring, JA Barrio, W Bartl, MJ Bates, M Battaglia, M Baubillier, J Baudot, KH Becks, M Begalli, P Beilliere, Y Belokopytov, K Belous, AC Benvenuti, M Berggren, D Bertrand, F Bianchi, M Bigi, MS Bilenky, P Billoir, D Bloch, M Blume, S Blyth, T Bolognese, M Bonesini, W Bonivento, PSL Booth, G Borisov, C Bosio, S Bosworth, O Botner, E Boudinov, B Bouquet, C Bourdarios, TJV Bowcock, M Bozzo, P Branchini, KD Brand, T Brenke, RA Brenner, C Bricman, L Brillault, RCA Brown, P Bruckman, JM Brunet, L Bugge, T Buran, T Burgsmueller, P Buschmann, A Buys, S Cabrera, M Caccia, M Calvi, AJ Camacho Rozas, T Camporesi, V Canale, M Canepa, K Cankocak, F Cao, F Carena, L Carroll, C Caso, MV Castillo Gimenez, A Cattai, FR Cavallo, L Cerrito, V Chabaud, P Charpentier, L Chaussard, J Chauveau, P Checchia, GA Chelkov, M Chen, R Chierici

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From the data collected by DELPHI at LEP in autumn 1995, the multiplicity of charged particles at a hadronic energy of 130 GeV has been measured to be 〈nch〉 = 23.84 ± 0.51 (stat) ± 0.52(syst). When compared to lower energy data, the value measured is consistent with the evolution predicted by QCD with corrections at next-to-leading order, for a value αs(130 GeV) = 0.105 ± 0.003(stat) ± 0.008(syst).
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Rapidity gaps between jets in photoproduction at HERA

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 369:1 (1996) 55-68

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M Derrick, D Krakauer, S Magill, D Mikunas, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Stanek, RL Talaga, H Zhang, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, R Bruni, G Cara Romeo, G Castellini, M Chiarini, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, I Gialas, R Giusti, G Iacobucci, G Laurenti, G Levi, A Margotti, T Massam, R Nania, C Nemoz, F Palmonari, A Polini, G Sartorelli, R Timellini, Y Zamora Garcia, A Zichichi, A Bornheim, J Crittenden, K Desch, B Diekmann, T Doeker, M Eckert, L Feld, A Frey, M Geerts, M Grothe, H Hartmann, K Heinloth, L Heinz, E Hilger, HP Jakob, UF Katz, S Mengel, J Mollen, E Paul, M Pfeiffer, C Rembser, D Schramm, J Stamm, R Wedemeyer, S Campbell-Robson, A Cassidy, WN Cottingham, N Dyce, B Foster, S George, ME Hayes, GP Heath, HF Heath, CJS Morgado, JA O'Mara, D Piccioni, DG Roff, RJ Tapper, R Yoshida, RR Rau, M Arneodo, R Ayad, M Capua, A Garfagnini, L Iannotti, M Schioppa, G Susinno, A Bernstein, A Caldwell, N Cartiglia, JA Parsons, S Ritz, F Sciulli, PB Straub, L Wai, S Yang, Q Zhu, P Borzemski, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, K Piotrzkowski, M Zachara

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Photoproduction events which have two or more jets have been studied in the Wγp range 135 GeV < Wγp < 280 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA. A class of events is observed with little hadronic activity between the jets. The jets are separated by pseudorapidity intervals (Δη) of up to four units and have transverse energies greater than 6 GeV. A gap is defined as the absence between the jets of particles with transverse energy greater than 300 MeV. The fraction of events containing a gap is measured as a function of Δη. It decreases exponentially as expected for processes in which colour is exchanged between the jets, up to a value of Δη ∼ 3, then reaches a constant value of about 0.1. The excess above the exponential fall-off can be interpreted as evidence for hard diffractive scattering via a strongly interacting colour singlet object.
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