Published October 22, 1984 | Version v1
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Inclusive photoproduction of rho and ω in the photon energy range 20 to 70 GeV

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Inclusive production of rho0, ω, and rhosup(+-) at low transverse momentum has been measured in γp collisions with photons of energy 20 to 70 GeV. The vector mesons have been studied as functions of the Feynman variable chisub(F), varying between -0.2 and 0.95, i.e. excluding the 'elastic' peaks of rho0 and ω photoproduction. For chisub(F) < or approx. 0.6 the vector meson cross sections are approximately equal; that is, sigma (rho0) approx.= sigma (ω) approx.= 1/2[sigma(p+) + sigma(p-)]. For chisub(F) > 0.6, it is observed that sigma(p0) > sigma(ω) >=1/2[sigma(rho+)+sigma(rho-)] and the differences increase with increasing chisub(F). Over the rhosub(F) range -0.2 < mesons are produced similarly to non-diffractive leading particles in hadron-hadron collisions with an extra diffractive component in rho0 and ω production. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Nucl. Phys., B
Journal Volume
245
Journal Issue
2
Series
CODEN: NUPBB.;Nucl. Phys., B.
Journal Page Range
189-214
ISSN
0550-3213

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