1. ϕ-meson production in pp collisions close to threshold
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K. H. Watzlawik, T. Mersmann, H. Ohm, H.R. Koch, H. Ströher, Y. Maeda, V. Kleber, S. Barsov, P. Kulessa, P. Wüstner, V. P. Koptev, R. Schleichert, H. J. Stein, Andreas Mussgiller, K. Pysz, M. Hartmann, I. Keshelashvilli, S. Mikirtichyants, W. Borgs, V. Hejny, and Markus Büscher
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Nuclear physics ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Meson production ,Mass spectrum ,Invariant (physics) ,Nuclear Experiment ,Excess energy - Abstract
New data on ϕ -meson production in pp collisions have been obtained at the ANKE facility of COSY-Julich. These data will provide the energy dependence of the total cross section down to an excess energy of 19 MeV above threshold. In combination with the existing SPES-III and COSY-TOF results on ω -meson production the ϕ / ω production ratio at this low excess energy will be extracted. As an exciting new aspect an enhancement in the invariant ϕp mass spectrum is observed at a mass around 1.965 GeV / c 2 .
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- 2005
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