K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV

I. Abt; M. Adams; M. Agari; H. Albrecht; A. Aleksandrov; V. Amaral; A. Amorim; S.J. Aplin; V. Aushev; Y. Bagaturia; V. Balagura; M. Bargiotti; O. Barsukova; J. Bastos; J. Batista; C. Bauer; T.S. Bauer; A. Belkov; A. Belkov; I. Belotelov; A. Bertin; B. Bobchenko; M. Böcker; A. Bogatyrev; G. Bohm; M. Bräuer; M. Bruinsma; M. Bruschi; P. Buchholz; T. Buran; J. Carvalho; P. Conde; C. Cruse; M. Dam; K.M. Danielsen; M. Danilov; S. De Castro; H. Deppe; X. Dong; H.B. Dreis; V. Egorytchev; K. Ehret; F. Eisele; D. Emeliyanov; S. Essenov; L. Fabbri; P. Faccioli; M. Feuerstack-Raible; J. Flammer; B. Fominykh; M. Funcke; L. Garrido; A. Gellrich; B. Giacobbe; J. Gläß; D. Goloubkov; Y. Golubkov; A. Golutvin; I. Golutvin; I. Gorbounov; A. Gorišek; O. Gouchtchine; D.C. Goulart; S. Gradl; W. Gradl; F. Grimaldi; J. Groth-Jensen; Y. Guilitsky; J.D. Hansen; J.M. Hernández; W. Hofmann; M. Hohlmann; T. Hott; W. Hulsbergen; U. Husemann; O. Igonkina; M. Ispiryan; T. Jagla; C. Jiang; H. Kapitza; S. Karabekyan; N. Karpenko; S. Keller; J. Kessler; F. Khasanov; Y. Kiryushin; I. Kisel; E. Klinkby; K.T. Knöpfle; H. Kolanoski; S. Korpar; C. Krauss; P. Kreuzer; P. Križan; D. Krücker; S. Kupper; T. Kvaratskheliia; A. Lanyov; K. Lau; B. Lewendel; T. Lohse; B. Lomonosov; R. Männer; R. Mankel; S. Masciocchi; I. Massa; I. Matchikhilian; G. Medin; M. Medinnis; M. Mevius; A. Michetti; Y. Mikhailov; R. Mizuk; R. Muresan; M. Zur Nedden; M. Negodaev; M. Nörenberg; S. Nowak; M.T. Núñez Pardo De Vera; M. Ouchrif; F. Ould-Saada; C. Padilla; D. Peralta; R. Pernack; R. Pestotnik; B.A. Petersen; M. Piccinini; M.A. Pleier; M. Poli; V. Popov; D. Pose; S. Prystupa; V. Pugatch; Y. Pylypchenko; J. Pyrlik; K. Reeves; D. Reßing; H. Rick; I. Riu; P. Robmann; I. Rostovtseva; V. Rybnikov; F. Sánchez; A. Sbrizzi; M. Schmelling; B. Schmidt; A. Schreiner; H. Schröder; U. Schwanke; A.J. Schwartz; A.S. Schwarz; B. Schwenninger; B. Schwingenheuer; F. Sciacca; N. Semprini-Cesari; S. Shuvalov; L. Silva; L. Sözüer; S. Solunin; A. Somov; S. Somov; J. Spengler; R. Spighi; A. Spiridonov; A. Stanovnik; M. Starič; C. Stegmann; H.S. Subramania; M. Symalla; I. Tikhomirov; M. Titov; I. Tsakov; U. Uwer; C. Van Eldik; Y. Vassiliev; M. Villa; A. Vitale; I. Vukotic; H. Wahlberg; A.H. Walenta; M. Walter; J.J. Wang; D. Wegener; U. Werthenbach; H. Wolters; R. Wurth; A. Wurz; Y. Zaitsev; M. Zavertyaev; T. Zeuner; A. Zhelezov; Z. Zheng; R. Zimmermann; T. Živko; A. Zoccoli

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3

K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV

I. Abt, M. Adams, M. Agari, H. Albrecht, A. Aleksandrov, V. Amaral, A. Amorim, S.J. Aplin, V. Aushev, Y. Bagaturia, V. Balagura, M. Bargiotti, O. Barsukova, J. Bastos, J. Batista, C. Bauer, T.S. Bauer, A. Belkov, A. Belkov, I. BelotelovA. Bertin, B. Bobchenko, M. Böcker, A. Bogatyrev, G. Bohm, M. Bräuer, M. Bruinsma, M. Bruschi, P. Buchholz, T. Buran, J. Carvalho, P. Conde, C. Cruse, M. Dam, K.M. Danielsen, M. Danilov, S. De Castro, H. Deppe, X. Dong, H.B. Dreis, V. Egorytchev, K. Ehret, F. Eisele, D. Emeliyanov, S. Essenov, L. Fabbri, P. Faccioli, M. Feuerstack-Raible, J. Flammer, B. Fominykh, M. Funcke, L. Garrido, A. Gellrich, B. Giacobbe, J. Gläß, D. Goloubkov, Y. Golubkov, A. Golutvin, I. Golutvin, I. Gorbounov, A. Gorišek, O. Gouchtchine, D.C. Goulart, S. Gradl, W. Gradl, F. Grimaldi, J. Groth-Jensen, Y. Guilitsky, J.D. Hansen, J.M. Hernández, W. Hofmann, M. Hohlmann, T. Hott, W. Hulsbergen, U. Husemann, O. Igonkina, M. Ispiryan, T. Jagla, C. Jiang, H. Kapitza, S. Karabekyan, N. Karpenko, S. Keller, J. Kessler, F. Khasanov, Y. Kiryushin, I. Kisel, E. Klinkby, K.T. Knöpfle, H. Kolanoski, S. Korpar, C. Krauss, P. Kreuzer, P. Križan, D. Krücker, S. Kupper, T. Kvaratskheliia, A. Lanyov, K. Lau, B. Lewendel, T. Lohse, B. Lomonosov, R. Männer, R. Mankel, S. Masciocchi, I. Massa, I. Matchikhilian, G. Medin, M. Medinnis, M. Mevius, A. Michetti, Y. Mikhailov, R. Mizuk, R. Muresan, M. Zur Nedden, M. Negodaev, M. Nörenberg, S. Nowak, M.T. Núñez Pardo De Vera, M. Ouchrif, F. Ould-Saada, C. Padilla, D. Peralta, R. Pernack, R. Pestotnik, B.A. Petersen, M. Piccinini, M.A. Pleier, M. Poli, V. Popov, D. Pose, S. Prystupa, V. Pugatch, Y. Pylypchenko, J. Pyrlik, K. Reeves, D. Reßing, H. Rick, I. Riu, P. Robmann, I. Rostovtseva, V. Rybnikov, F. Sánchez, A. Sbrizzi, M. Schmelling, B. Schmidt, A. Schreiner, H. Schröder, U. Schwanke, A.J. Schwartz, A.S. Schwarz, B. Schwenninger, B. Schwingenheuer, F. Sciacca, N. Semprini-Cesari, S. Shuvalov, L. Silva, L. Sözüer, S. Solunin, A. Somov, S. Somov, J. Spengler, R. Spighi, A. Spiridonov, A. Stanovnik, M. Starič, C. Stegmann, H.S. Subramania, M. Symalla, I. Tikhomirov, M. Titov, I. Tsakov, U. Uwer, C. Van Eldik, Y. Vassiliev, M. Villa, A. Vitale, I. Vukotic, H. Wahlberg, A.H. Walenta, M. Walter, J.J. Wang, D. Wegener, U. Werthenbach, H. Wolters, R. Wurth, A. Wurz, Y. Zaitsev, M. Zavertyaev, T. Zeuner, A. Zhelezov, Z. Zheng, R. Zimmermann, T. Živko, A. Zoccoli

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The inclusive production cross sections of the strange vector mesons K*0, K*0, and φ have been measured in interactions of 920 GeV protons with C, Ti, and W targets with the HERA-B detector at the HERA storage ring. Differential cross sections as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum have been measured in the central rapidity region and for transverse momenta up to pT = 3.5 GeV/c. The atomic number dependence is parametrised as σpA=σ pN*Aα, where σpN is the proton-nucleon cross section. Within the phase space accessible, α(K *0)=0.86±0.03, α(K*0)=0. 87±0.03, and α(φ)=0.96±0.02. The total proton-nucleon cross sections, determined by extrapolating the differential measurements to full phase space, are σpN→K*0=(5.06±0.54) ∈mb, σpN→K*0=(4.02±0.45)∈mb, and σpN→φ=(1.17±0.11)∈mb. For all resonances the Cronin effect is observed; compared to the measurements of Cronin et al. for K± mesons, the measured values of α for φ mesons coincide with those of K+ mesons for all transverse momenta, while the enhancement for K*0/K*0 mesons is smaller. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-328
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007
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Abt, I., Adams, M., Agari, M., Albrecht, H., Aleksandrov, A., Amaral, V., Amorim, A., Aplin, S. J., Aushev, V., Bagaturia, Y., Balagura, V., Bargiotti, M., Barsukova, O., Bastos, J., Batista, J., Bauer, C., Bauer, T. S., Belkov, A., Belkov, A., ... Zoccoli, A. (2007). K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV. European Physical Journal C, 50(2), 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3

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abstract = "The inclusive production cross sections of the strange vector mesons K*0, K*0, and φ have been measured in interactions of 920 GeV protons with C, Ti, and W targets with the HERA-B detector at the HERA storage ring. Differential cross sections as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum have been measured in the central rapidity region and for transverse momenta up to pT = 3.5 GeV/c. The atomic number dependence is parametrised as σpA=σ pN*Aα, where σpN is the proton-nucleon cross section. Within the phase space accessible, α(K *0)=0.86±0.03, α(K*0)=0. 87±0.03, and α(φ)=0.96±0.02. The total proton-nucleon cross sections, determined by extrapolating the differential measurements to full phase space, are σpN→K*0=(5.06±0.54) ∈mb, σpN→K*0=(4.02±0.45)∈mb, and σpN→φ=(1.17±0.11)∈mb. For all resonances the Cronin effect is observed; compared to the measurements of Cronin et al. for K± mesons, the measured values of α for φ mesons coincide with those of K+ mesons for all transverse momenta, while the enhancement for K*0/K*0 mesons is smaller. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.",

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Abt, I, Adams, M, Agari, M, Albrecht, H, Aleksandrov, A, Amaral, V, Amorim, A, Aplin, SJ, Aushev, V, Bagaturia, Y, Balagura, V, Bargiotti, M, Barsukova, O, Bastos, J, Batista, J, Bauer, C, Bauer, TS, Belkov, A, Belkov, A, Belotelov, I, Bertin, A, Bobchenko, B, Böcker, M, Bogatyrev, A, Bohm, G, Bräuer, M, Bruinsma, M, Bruschi, M, Buchholz, P, Buran, T, Carvalho, J, Conde, P, Cruse, C, Dam, M, Danielsen, KM, Danilov, M, De Castro, S, Deppe, H, Dong, X, Dreis, HB, Egorytchev, V, Ehret, K, Eisele, F, Emeliyanov, D, Essenov, S, Fabbri, L, Faccioli, P, Feuerstack-Raible, M, Flammer, J, Fominykh, B, Funcke, M, Garrido, L, Gellrich, A, Giacobbe, B, Gläß, J, Goloubkov, D, Golubkov, Y, Golutvin, A, Golutvin, I, Gorbounov, I, Gorišek, A, Gouchtchine, O, Goulart, DC, Gradl, S, Gradl, W, Grimaldi, F, Groth-Jensen, J, Guilitsky, Y, Hansen, JD, Hernández, JM, Hofmann, W, Hohlmann, M, Hott, T, Hulsbergen, W, Husemann, U, Igonkina, O, Ispiryan, M, Jagla, T, Jiang, C, Kapitza, H, Karabekyan, S, Karpenko, N, Keller, S, Kessler, J, Khasanov, F, Kiryushin, Y, Kisel, I, Klinkby, E, Knöpfle, KT, Kolanoski, H, Korpar, S, Krauss, C, Kreuzer, P, Križan, P, Krücker, D, Kupper, S, Kvaratskheliia, T, Lanyov, A, Lau, K, Lewendel, B, Lohse, T, Lomonosov, B, Männer, R, Mankel, R, Masciocchi, S, Massa, I, Matchikhilian, I, Medin, G, Medinnis, M, Mevius, M, Michetti, A, Mikhailov, Y, Mizuk, R, Muresan, R, Zur Nedden, M, Negodaev, M, Nörenberg, M, Nowak, S, Núñez Pardo De Vera, MT, Ouchrif, M, Ould-Saada, F, Padilla, C, Peralta, D, Pernack, R, Pestotnik, R, Petersen, BA, Piccinini, M, Pleier, MA, Poli, M, Popov, V, Pose, D, Prystupa, S, Pugatch, V, Pylypchenko, Y, Pyrlik, J, Reeves, K, Reßing, D, Rick, H, Riu, I, Robmann, P, Rostovtseva, I, Rybnikov, V, Sánchez, F, Sbrizzi, A, Schmelling, M, Schmidt, B, Schreiner, A, Schröder, H, Schwanke, U, Schwartz, AJ, Schwarz, AS, Schwenninger, B, Schwingenheuer, B, Sciacca, F, Semprini-Cesari, N, Shuvalov, S, Silva, L, Sözüer, L, Solunin, S, Somov, A, Somov, S, Spengler, J, Spighi, R, Spiridonov, A, Stanovnik, A, Starič, M, Stegmann, C, Subramania, HS, Symalla, M, Tikhomirov, I, Titov, M, Tsakov, I, Uwer, U, Van Eldik, C, Vassiliev, Y, Villa, M, Vitale, A, Vukotic, I, Wahlberg, H, Walenta, AH, Walter, M, Wang, JJ, Wegener, D, Werthenbach, U, Wolters, H, Wurth, R, Wurz, A, Zaitsev, Y, Zavertyaev, M, Zeuner, T, Zhelezov, A, Zheng, Z, Zimmermann, R, Živko, T & Zoccoli, A 2007, 'K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV', European Physical Journal C, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 315-328. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3

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T1 - K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV

AU - Abt, I.

AU - Adams, M.

AU - Agari, M.

AU - Albrecht, H.

AU - Aleksandrov, A.

AU - Amaral, V.

AU - Amorim, A.

AU - Aplin, S.J.

AU - Aushev, V.

AU - Bagaturia, Y.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Bargiotti, M.

AU - Barsukova, O.

AU - Bastos, J.

AU - Batista, J.

AU - Bauer, C.

AU - Bauer, T.S.

AU - Belkov, A.

AU - Belotelov, I.

AU - Bertin, A.

AU - Bobchenko, B.

AU - Böcker, M.

AU - Bogatyrev, A.

AU - Bohm, G.

AU - Bräuer, M.

AU - Bruinsma, M.

AU - Bruschi, M.

AU - Buchholz, P.

AU - Buran, T.

AU - Carvalho, J.

AU - Conde, P.

AU - Cruse, C.

AU - Dam, M.

AU - Danielsen, K.M.

AU - Danilov, M.

AU - De Castro, S.

AU - Deppe, H.

AU - Dong, X.

AU - Dreis, H.B.

AU - Egorytchev, V.

AU - Ehret, K.

AU - Eisele, F.

AU - Emeliyanov, D.

AU - Essenov, S.

AU - Fabbri, L.

AU - Faccioli, P.

AU - Feuerstack-Raible, M.

AU - Flammer, J.

AU - Fominykh, B.

AU - Funcke, M.

AU - Garrido, L.

AU - Gellrich, A.

AU - Giacobbe, B.

AU - Gläß, J.

AU - Goloubkov, D.

AU - Golubkov, Y.

AU - Golutvin, A.

AU - Golutvin, I.

AU - Gorbounov, I.

AU - Gorišek, A.

AU - Gouchtchine, O.

AU - Goulart, D.C.

AU - Gradl, S.

AU - Gradl, W.

AU - Grimaldi, F.

AU - Groth-Jensen, J.

AU - Guilitsky, Y.

AU - Hansen, J.D.

AU - Hernández, J.M.

AU - Hofmann, W.

AU - Hohlmann, M.

AU - Hott, T.

AU - Hulsbergen, W.

AU - Husemann, U.

AU - Igonkina, O.

AU - Ispiryan, M.

AU - Jagla, T.

AU - Jiang, C.

AU - Kapitza, H.

AU - Karabekyan, S.

AU - Karpenko, N.

AU - Keller, S.

AU - Kessler, J.

AU - Khasanov, F.

AU - Kiryushin, Y.

AU - Kisel, I.

AU - Klinkby, E.

AU - Knöpfle, K.T.

AU - Kolanoski, H.

AU - Korpar, S.

AU - Krauss, C.

AU - Kreuzer, P.

AU - Križan, P.

AU - Krücker, D.

AU - Kupper, S.

AU - Kvaratskheliia, T.

AU - Lanyov, A.

AU - Lau, K.

AU - Lewendel, B.

AU - Lohse, T.

AU - Lomonosov, B.

AU - Männer, R.

AU - Mankel, R.

AU - Masciocchi, S.

AU - Massa, I.

AU - Matchikhilian, I.

AU - Medin, G.

AU - Medinnis, M.

AU - Mevius, M.

AU - Michetti, A.

AU - Mikhailov, Y.

AU - Mizuk, R.

AU - Muresan, R.

AU - Zur Nedden, M.

AU - Negodaev, M.

AU - Nörenberg, M.

AU - Nowak, S.

AU - Núñez Pardo De Vera, M.T.

AU - Ouchrif, M.

AU - Ould-Saada, F.

AU - Padilla, C.

AU - Peralta, D.

AU - Pernack, R.

AU - Pestotnik, R.

AU - Petersen, B.A.

AU - Piccinini, M.

AU - Pleier, M.A.

AU - Poli, M.

AU - Popov, V.

AU - Pose, D.

AU - Prystupa, S.

AU - Pugatch, V.

AU - Pylypchenko, Y.

AU - Pyrlik, J.

AU - Reeves, K.

AU - Reßing, D.

AU - Rick, H.

AU - Riu, I.

AU - Robmann, P.

AU - Rostovtseva, I.

AU - Rybnikov, V.

AU - Sánchez, F.

AU - Sbrizzi, A.

AU - Schmelling, M.

AU - Schmidt, B.

AU - Schreiner, A.

AU - Schröder, H.

AU - Schwanke, U.

AU - Schwartz, A.J.

AU - Schwarz, A.S.

AU - Schwenninger, B.

AU - Schwingenheuer, B.

AU - Sciacca, F.

AU - Semprini-Cesari, N.

AU - Shuvalov, S.

AU - Silva, L.

AU - Sözüer, L.

AU - Solunin, S.

AU - Somov, A.

AU - Somov, S.

AU - Spengler, J.

AU - Spighi, R.

AU - Spiridonov, A.

AU - Stanovnik, A.

AU - Starič, M.

AU - Stegmann, C.

AU - Subramania, H.S.

AU - Symalla, M.

AU - Tikhomirov, I.

AU - Titov, M.

AU - Tsakov, I.

AU - Uwer, U.

AU - Van Eldik, C.

AU - Vassiliev, Y.

AU - Villa, M.

AU - Vitale, A.

AU - Vukotic, I.

AU - Wahlberg, H.

AU - Walenta, A.H.

AU - Walter, M.

AU - Wang, J.J.

AU - Wegener, D.

AU - Werthenbach, U.

AU - Wolters, H.

AU - Wurth, R.

AU - Wurz, A.

AU - Zaitsev, Y.

AU - Zavertyaev, M.

AU - Zeuner, T.

AU - Zhelezov, A.

AU - Zheng, Z.

AU - Zimmermann, R.

AU - Živko, T.

AU - Zoccoli, A.

PY - 2007/4

Y1 - 2007/4

N2 - The inclusive production cross sections of the strange vector mesons K*0, K*0, and φ have been measured in interactions of 920 GeV protons with C, Ti, and W targets with the HERA-B detector at the HERA storage ring. Differential cross sections as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum have been measured in the central rapidity region and for transverse momenta up to pT = 3.5 GeV/c. The atomic number dependence is parametrised as σpA=σ pN*Aα, where σpN is the proton-nucleon cross section. Within the phase space accessible, α(K *0)=0.86±0.03, α(K*0)=0. 87±0.03, and α(φ)=0.96±0.02. The total proton-nucleon cross sections, determined by extrapolating the differential measurements to full phase space, are σpN→K*0=(5.06±0.54) ∈mb, σpN→K*0=(4.02±0.45)∈mb, and σpN→φ=(1.17±0.11)∈mb. For all resonances the Cronin effect is observed; compared to the measurements of Cronin et al. for K± mesons, the measured values of α for φ mesons coincide with those of K+ mesons for all transverse momenta, while the enhancement for K*0/K*0 mesons is smaller. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

AB - The inclusive production cross sections of the strange vector mesons K*0, K*0, and φ have been measured in interactions of 920 GeV protons with C, Ti, and W targets with the HERA-B detector at the HERA storage ring. Differential cross sections as a function of rapidity and transverse momentum have been measured in the central rapidity region and for transverse momenta up to pT = 3.5 GeV/c. The atomic number dependence is parametrised as σpA=σ pN*Aα, where σpN is the proton-nucleon cross section. Within the phase space accessible, α(K *0)=0.86±0.03, α(K*0)=0. 87±0.03, and α(φ)=0.96±0.02. The total proton-nucleon cross sections, determined by extrapolating the differential measurements to full phase space, are σpN→K*0=(5.06±0.54) ∈mb, σpN→K*0=(4.02±0.45)∈mb, and σpN→φ=(1.17±0.11)∈mb. For all resonances the Cronin effect is observed; compared to the measurements of Cronin et al. for K± mesons, the measured values of α for φ mesons coincide with those of K+ mesons for all transverse momenta, while the enhancement for K*0/K*0 mesons is smaller. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.

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U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3

DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0237-3

M3 - Article

SN - 1434-6044

VL - 50

SP - 315

EP - 328

JO - European Physical Journal C

JF - European Physical Journal C

IS - 2

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K*0 and φ meson production in proton-nucleus interactions at √s=41.6 GeV

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