343 research outputs found

    K*(892)0 Production in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 130 GeV

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    Preliminary results on the K*(892)0 -> pi + K production using the mixed-event technique are presented. The measurements are performed at mid-rapidity by the STAR detector in sqrt(s_NN) = 130 GeV Au-Au collisions at RHIC. The K*0 to negative hadron, kaon and phi ratios are obtained and compared to the measurements in e+e-, pp and pbarp at various energies.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of Strange Quarks in Matter (SQM2001), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to be published in J. Phys.

    Clocking hadronization in relativistic heavy ion collisions with balance functions

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    A novel state of matter has been hypothesized to exist during the early stage of relativistic heavy ion collisions, with normal hadrons not appearing until several fm/c after the start of the reaction. To test this hypothesis, correlations between charges and their associated anticharges are evaluated with the use of balance functions. It is shown that late-stage hadronization is characterized by tightly correlated charge/anticharge pairs when measured as a function of relative rapidity.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

    INCLUSIVE PARTICLE PRODUCTION IN \pbp COLLISIONS

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    We calculate the inclusive production of charged hadrons in \pbp collisions to next-to-leading order (NLO) in the QCD improved parton model using a new set of NLO fragmentation functions for charged pions and kaons. We predict transverse-momentum distributions and compare them with experimental data from the CERN S\pbpS Collider and the Fermilab Tevatron.Comment: the file containing the figures has been replaced: we correct a mistake in the uuencoding procedure and we give the real Fig 4 instead of the spurious one which was accidentally included in the previous file. the text is unchanged

    Experimental study of Pomeron

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    A Pomeron phenomenon remains a mystery. A short review of the experimental situation in diffractive physics and an account of some spectacular manifestations of the Pomeron are given.Comment: 17 pages, 7 Figs, LATEX. Talk given at the conference "From the smallest to largest distances", ITEP, Moscow, 24-26 May 2001. Changes: Fig.2 replace

    Baryon charge transfer and production asymmetry between Lambda^0 and antiLambda^0 in hadron interactions

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    The predictions were done for asymmetry between production spectra of Lambda^0 and antiLambda^0 at the energy of LHC experiments. The value of A(s) should be situated in the band between two curves that are calculated in Quark-Gluon String Model with two possible values of intercept alpha_{SJ}(0)=0,5 and 0,9. Both curves describe the asymmetries measured at lower energies up to RHIC experiments. The data of H1 experiment can be fitted only with alpha_{SJ}(0)=0,9.Comment: LateX, 7 pages and 2 figures, poster presentation at PANIC'05, Santa Fe, October 200

    ρ(770)0\rho(770)^0, K(892)0^*(892)^0 and f0(980)_{0}(980) Production in Au-Au and pp Collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV

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    Preliminary results on ρ(770)0π+π\rho(770)^0 \to \pi^{+}\pi^{-}, K(892)0π^{*}(892)^{0} \to \piK and f0(980)π+πf_{0}(980) \to \pi^{+}\pi^{-} production using the mixed-event technique are presented. The measurements are performed at mid-rapidity by the STAR detector in sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}}= 200 GeV Au-Au and pp interactions at RHIC. The results are compared to different measurements at various energies.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. Talk presented at Quark Matter 2002, Nantes, France, July 18-24, 2002. To appear in the proceedings (Nucl. Phys. A

    K(892)K^{*}(892) Production in Au+Au and pp Collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200GeV at STAR

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    Mid-rapidity K0(892)KπK^{*0}(892)\to K\pi and K±(892)KS0π±K^{*\pm}(892)\to K_S^0\pi^{\pm} are measured in Au+Au and pp collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC. The K0(892)K^{*0}(892) mass is systematically shifted at small transverse momentum for both Au+Au and pp collisions. The K0(892)K^{*0}(892) transverse mass spectra are measured in Au+Au collisions at different centralities and in pp collisions. The K0(892)K^{*0}(892) mean transverse momentum as a function of the collision centrality is compared to those of identified π\pi^{-}, KK^{-} and pˉ\bar{p}. The K/KK^{*}/K and ϕ/K\phi/K^{*} ratios are compared to measurements in A+A, pppp, pˉp\bar{p}p, e+ee^{+}e^{-} collisions at various colliding energies. The physics implications of these measurements are also discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of Strange Quarks in Matter (SQM2003), Atlantic Beach, USA, to be published in J. Phys.

    Resonance Production

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    Recent results on rho(770)^0, K(892)^*0, f_0(980), phi(1020), Delta(1232)^++, and Lambda(1520) production in A+A and p+p collisions at SPS and RHIC energies are presented. These resonances are measured via their hadronic decay channels and used as a sensitive tool to examine the collision dynamics in the hadronic medium through their decay and regeneration. The modification of resonance mass, width, and shape due to phase space and dynamical effects are discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures, proceedings of the Quark Matter 2004, in Oakland, California, to be published in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physic

    Micro-Canonical Hadron Production in pp collisions

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    We apply a microcanonical statistical model to investigate hadron production in pp collisions. The parameters of the model are the energy E and the volume V of the system, which we determine via fitting the average multiplicity of charged pions, protons and antiprotons in pp collisions at different collision energies. We then make predictions of mean multiplicities and mean transverse momenta of all identified hadrons. Our predictions on nonstrange hadrons are in good agreement with the data, the mean transverse momenta of strange hadron as well. However, the mean multiplicities of strange hadrons are overpredicted. This agrees with canonical and grandcanonical studies, where a strange suppression factor is needed. We also investigate the influence of event-by-event fluctuations of the E parameter.Comment: 15 pages 11 figure

    On the background in the γpω(π0γ)p\gamma p \to \omega(\pi^0\gamma) p reaction and mixed event simulation

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    In this paper we evaluate sources of background for the γpωp\gamma p \to \omega p, with the ω\omega detected through its π0γ\pi^0 \gamma decay channel, to compare with the experiment carried out at ELSA. We find background from γpπ0π0p\gamma p \to \pi^0 \pi^0 p followed by decay of a π0\pi^0 into two γ\gamma, recombining one π0\pi^0 and one γ\gamma, and from the γpπ0ηp\gamma p \to \pi^0 \eta p reaction with subsequent decay of the η\eta into two photons. This background accounts for the data at π0γ\pi^0 \gamma invariant masses beyond 700 MeV, but strength is missing at lower invariant masses which was attributed to photon misidentification events, which we simulate to get a good reproduction of the experimental background. Once this is done, we perform an event mixing simulation to reproduce the calculated background and we find that the method provides a good description of the background at low π0γ\pi^0 \gamma invariant masses but fakes the background at high invariant masses, making background events at low invariant masses, which are due to γ\gamma misidentification events, responsible for the background at high invariant masses which is due to the γpπ0π0p\gamma p \to \pi^0 \pi^0 p and γpπ0ηp\gamma p \to \pi^0 \eta p reactions.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
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