Published November 20, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

An accelerator search at 900 GeV CM energy for the Centauro phenomenon

  • 1. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.
  • 2. Cambridge Univ. (UK). Cavendish Lab.
  • 3. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Physics
  • 4. Bonn Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.
  • 5. Ioannina Univ. (Greece)
  • 6. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 7. Mississippi Univ., Lafayette (USA)
  • 8. Antwerp Univ., Wilrijk (Belgium)
  • 9. Interuniversity Inst. for High Energies, Brussels (Belgium)

Description

A search for the Centauro phenomenon has been made at √s=900 GeV using the UA5 detector at the SPS anti pp collider operated in a pulsed mode. Possible interpretations of the cosmic ray data are discussed leading to various analyses of our data which exploit the distinctive features of the Centauro events: high multiplicity, high pT and absence of produced photons. No indication of Centauro production is observed. Upper limits on the production of Centauros at the level of a few per thousand inelastic events are obtained. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
180
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
415-422
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Collaborations
UA5 Collaboration.