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Photon production at c.m. energies of 200 and 900 GeV

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

Abstract

We present data on photon production in non single-diffractivep \(\bar p\)-collisions at c.m. energies of 200 and 900 GeV. Besides the general properties of photon production, i.e. pseudorapidity distribution and average multiplicity, we also investigate photon-charged two-particle pseudorapidity and multiplicity correlations. We find for the average number of photons in non single-diffractivep \(\bar p\)-collisions 22.2±1.4±2.0 at 200 GeV and 41.4±2.1±3.5 at 900 GeV, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. The analysis of photon-charged particle multiplicity correlations reveals strong positive correlations between the average number of photons and the number of simultaneously produced charged particles, as expected from FNAL and ISR studies and from our result at 546 GeV. We obtain for the correlation slope 0.95±0.08±0.11 at 200 GeV and 1.09±0.09±0.13 at 900 GeV (first error is statistical and the second systematic). The investigation of photon-charged two-particle pseudorapidity correlations shows that these correlations are of short range and compatible with the observed charged two-particle pseudorapidity correlations. These correlations and the results for the average number of photons as a function of the produced number of charged particles favour the conclusion that photon sources other than π0 s contribute significantly to the observed photon yield in non single-diffractivep \(\bar p\)-collisions. For example, if all photons are assumed to come from π0 s and η mesons, a η/π0 ratio of about 20% is inferred.

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  1. C. Fuglesang

    Present address: CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

  2. J. Gaudaen

    Present address: University Instellingen Antwerpen, Belgium

  3. F. Triantis

    Present address: University of Ioannina, Greece

  4. P. Carlson

    Present address: Manne Siegbahn Institute, S-10405, Stockholm, Sweden

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  1. Physikalisches Institut der Universität, D-5300, Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany

    L. Burow, B. Eckart, C. Geich-Gimbel, B. Holl & W. Pelzer

  2. Inter-University Institute for High Energies (ULB-VUB), B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    J. Gaudaen, L. Van hamme & G. Wilquet

  3. Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, CB 3 0HE, Cambridge, UK

    R. E. Ansorge, R. S. De Wolf, D. J. Munday, J. G. Rushbrooke, C. P. Ward, D. R. Ward, C. J. S. Webber & T. O. White

  4. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    N. Manthos & F. Triantis

  5. Institute of Physics, University of Stockholm, S-113 46, Stockholm, Sweden

    B. Åsman, P. Carlson, G. Ekspong, C. Fuglesang, K. Jon-And, F. Lotse, C. Walck & N. Yamdagni

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UA 5 Collaboration., Ansorge, R.E., Åsman, B. et al. Photon production at c.m. energies of 200 and 900 GeV. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 43, 75–89 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02430612

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