Measurement of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>ϕ</mi></math></span> Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 400 GeV/<i>c</i>

C. W. Akerlof; P. Alley; D. Bintinger; W. R. Ditzler; D. A. Finley; O. E. Johnson; D. Koltick; F. J. Loeffler; R. L. Loveless; D. I. Meyer; E. I. Shibata; K. C. Stanfield; R. Thun; D. D. Yovanovitch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.861

Measurement of $ϕ$ Production in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 400 GeV/c

C. W. Akerlof, P. Alley, D. Bintinger, W. R. Ditzler, D. A. Finley, O. E. Johnson, D. Koltick, F. J. Loeffler, R. L. Loveless, D. I. Meyer, E. I. Shibata, K. C. Stanfield, R. Thun, and D. D. Yovanovitch

Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 861 – Published 3 October 1977

Abstract

We have measured the invariant cross section for inclusive $ϕ$ production in proton-nucleus collisions at 400 GeV/c near Feynman $x = 0$ . For transverse momenta in the range between 0.8 and 3.5 GeV/c the ratio of $ϕ$ to $π^{-}$ rises from 1 to 7%. We also report on correlations with particles opposite the $ϕ$ in the center-of-mass system as they relate to the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka rule.

Received 21 July 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.39.861

Authors & Affiliations

C. W. Akerlof, P. Alley^*, D. Bintinger, W. R. Ditzler, D. A. Finley, O. E. Johnson, D. Koltick, F. J. Loeffler, R. L. Loveless, D. I. Meyer, E. I. Shibata, K. C. Stanfield, R. Thun, and D. D. Yovanovitch

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907