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An experimental study of longitudinal and azimuthal correlations between pairs of mesons produced in πp collisions at 11.2 GeV/c and their possible interdependence

Экспериментальное исследование продольных и аэимутальных корреляций между парами меэонов, обраэованных в πp соударениях при 11.2 ГзB/c и их воэможная вэаимоэависимость

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Summary

Azimuthal and longitudinal correlations between charged mesons have been studied on a large sample of four- and six-prong events produced in πp collisions at 11.2 GeV/c in the 2 m CERN HBC. The effect introduced by the ρ-meson has been investigated. The Goldhaber, Goldhaber, Lee and Pais (GGLP) effect is observed and compared with available data on πp at 40 GeV/c and on pp in the momentum interval (100÷400) GeV/c. The ρ-meson accounts for the azymuthal asymmetry of π+π pairs, but not for the like-charge pair asymmetry. The longitudinal correlations, however, cannot be justified by the presence of the ρ-meson. A short-range correlation survives for Δy≲1, due neither to the ρ-meson nor to Bose-Einstein statistics.

Riassunto

Si studiano le correlazioni longitudinali e azimutali tra coppie di mesoni carichi prodotti nelle interazioni con 4 e 6 particelle cariche nello stato finale. Si utilizzano i dati di un esperimento di ampia statistica di πp a 11.2 GeV/c nella camera a bolle di 2 m del CERN, riempita con idrogeno. Si indaga l’effetto indotto in tali correlazioni dalla presenza del mesone ρ. Si misura l’effetto di Goldhaber, Goldhaber, Lee e Pais e lo si confronta con quanto osservato in altri esperimenti. La presenza del mesone ρ rende conto dell’asimmetria azimutale delle coppie π+π, ma non giustifica quella delle coppie di mesoni di ugual carica. Inoltre le correlazioni longitudinali non risultano dipendere dal mesone ρ; si costata la presenza di una correlazione a corto raggio (Δy≲1) non dovuta nè al mesone ρ nè alla statistica di Bose-Einstein.

Реэюме

Иэучаются аэимутальные и продольные корреляции между эаряжен-ными меэонами на больщой выборке четырех- и щестилучевых событий, обраэо-ванных при πp соударениях при 11.2 ГзB/c в 2M водородной пуэырьковой камере в ЦЕРНе. Исследуется зффект, обусловленный ρ меэоном. Наблюдается зффект Голдхабера, Голдхабера, Ли и Пейса. Проводится сравнение с имеюшимися данными для πp соударений при 40 ГзB/c и pp соударений в интервале импульсов от 100 до 400 ГзB/c. ρ меэон общясняет аэимутальную асимметрию π+π пар, но не асим-метрию одноименно эаряженных пар. Однако продольные корреляции не могут быть общяснены наличием ? меэона. Короткодействуюшая корреляция не сохрана-ется для Δy/≲1, ни вследствие ? меэона, ни вследствие статистики Боэе-Эйщтейна.

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Quareni-Vignudelli, A., Di Caporiacco, G., Caso, C. et al. An experimental study of longitudinal and azimuthal correlations between pairs of mesons produced in πp collisions at 11.2 GeV/c and their possible interdependence. Nuov Cim A 35, 221–233 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730053

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