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Measurement of the ϒproduction cross section in 920 GeV fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions

  • 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
  • , Th S. Bauer
  • , A. Belkov
  • , Ar 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, Ll 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, Yu 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, Yu 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, Yu 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. AA 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, Yu 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, Yu Zaitsev, M. Zavertyaev, G. Zech, T. Zeuner, A. Zhelezov, Z. Zheng, R. Zimmermann, T. Živko, A. Zoccoli
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
  • University of Dortmund
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  • c/o DESY
  • LIP Coimbra
  • Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
  • Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • University of Bologna
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
  • Science Park 105
  • Universität Siegen
  • Universiteit Utrecht
  • University of Oslo
  • University of Barcelona
  • Niels Bohr Institutet
  • University of Heidelberg
  • Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Mannheim
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Houston
  • Universität Rostock
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • University of Maribor
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of Ljubljana
  • Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich
  • Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

The cross section ratio RJ / ψ = Br (Υ{hooked} → l+ l-) ṡ d σ (Υ{hooked}) / d y |y = 0 / σ (J / ψ) has been measured with the HERA-B spectrometer in fixed-target proton-nucleus collisions at 920 GeV proton beam energy corresponding to a proton-nucleon c.m.s. energy of sqrt(s) = 41.6   GeV. The combined results for the decay channels Υ{hooked} → e+ e- and Υ{hooked} → μ+ μ- yield a ratio RJ / ψ = (9.0 ± 2.1) × 10-6. The corresponding Υ{hooked} production cross section per nucleon at mid-rapidity (y = 0) has been determined to be Br (Υ{hooked} → l+ l-) ṡ d σ (Υ{hooked}) / d y |y = 0 = 4.5 ± 1.1   pb / nucleon.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-21
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume638
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jun 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cross section
  • Proton-nucleus collisions
  • sqrt(s) = 41.6   GeV
  • Υ{hooked} mesons

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