Published August 30, 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

Charm search in 19 GeV/c π-p exclusive reactions

  • 1. Bari Univ. (Italy)
  • 2. Birmingham Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 3. Bonn Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Physikalisches Inst.
  • 4. Science Research Council, Daresbury (UK). Daresbury Lab.
  • 5. Freiburg Univ. (Germany, F.R.)
  • 6. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 7. Glasgow Univ. (UK)
  • 8. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.)
  • 9. Liverpool Univ. (UK)
  • 10. Milan Univ. (Italy). Istituto di Fisica
  • 11. Laboratoire de l'Accelerateur Lineaire, Orsay, France
  • 12. Ecole Polytechnique, 91 - Palaiseau (France)
  • 13. CEA Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 14. Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland). Lab. fuer Hochenergiephysik

Description

A search for charmed particles produced in π-p exclusive reactions at 19 GeV/c incident beam momentum has been carried out with the Omega spectrometer at CERN. Three million interactions were recorded with a trigger which required a forward K- or anti p with transverse momentum greater than 0.5 GeV/c. An additional two million triggers were recorded with a forward K+ or proton, with no transverse momentum restriction. Analysis of the four-constraint final states K+K-π-p and K+K-π+π-π-p shows no evidence for the associated production of charmed particles. The upper limits for the product of production cross sections and the two charmed particle decay branching ratios are below 100 nb for most of the channels. The experiment was sensitive over a wide range of production angles. (Auth.)

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Journal Title
Proceedings of the International Neutrino Conference Aachen 1976
Journal Volume
111
Journal Issue
2
Series
Nucl. Phys., B.
Journal Page Range
92-101

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