1. Low mass dimuon production at the CERN proton-antiproton collider
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C. Albajar, M.G. Albrow, O.C. Allkofer, A. Astbury, B. Aubert, T. Axon, C. Bacci, T. Bacon, N. Bains, J.R. Batley, G. Bauer, S. Beingessner, A. Bettini, A. Bezaguet, R. Bonino, K. Bos, E. Buckley, G. Busetto, P. Catz, P. Cennini, S. Centro, F. Ceradini, D.G. Charlton, G. Ciapetti, S. Cittolin, D. Clarke, D. Cline, C. Cochet, J. Colas, P. Colas, M. Corden, J.A. Coughlan, G. Cox, D. Dau, J.P. Debrion, M. Degiorgi, M. Della Negra, M. Demoulin, D. Denegri, A. Diciaccio, F.J. Diez Hedo, L. Dobrzynski, J. Dorenbosch, J.D. Dowell, E. Duchovni, K. Eggert, E. Eisenhandler, N. Ellis, P. Erhard, H. Faissner, I.F. Fensome, A. Ferrando, M. Fincke-Keeler, P. Flynn, G. Fontaine, J. Garvey, D. Gee, S. Geer, A. Geiser, C. Ghesquiere, P. Ghez, C. Ghiglino, Y. Giraud-Heraud, A. Givernaud, A. Gonidec, H. Grassmann, J.M. Gregory, W. Haynes, S.J. Haywood, D.J. Holthuizen, M. Ikeda, W. Jank, M. Jimack, G. Jorat, D. Joyce, P.I.P. Kalmus, V. Karimäki, R. Keeler, I. Kenyon, A. Kernan, A. Khan, W. Kienzle, R. Kinnunen, M. Krammer, J. Kroll, D. Kryn, F. Lacava, S. Lammel, M. Landon, J.P. Lees, R. Leuchs, S. Levegrün, S. Li, M. Lindgren, D. Linglin, P. Lipa, E. Locci, T. Markiewicz, C. Markou, M. Markytan, M.A. Marquina, G. Maurin, J.-P. Mendiburu, A. Meneguzzo, J.P. Merlo, T. Meyer, M.-N. Minard, M. Mohammadi, K. Morgan, H.-G. Moser, A. Moulin, B. Mours, Th. Muller, L. Naumann, P. Nedelec, A. Nisati, A. Norton, F. Pauss, C. Perault, E. Petrolo, G. Piano Mortari, E. Pietarinen, C. Pigot, M. Pimiä, A. Placci, J.-P. Porte, M. Preischl, E. Radermacher, T. Redelberger, H. Reitheler, J.-P. Revol, D. Robinson, T. Rodrigo, J. Rohlf, C. Rubbia, G. Sajot, G. Salvini, J. Sass, D. Samyn, D. Schinzel, M. Schröder, A. Schwartz, W. Scott, C. Seez, T.P. Shah, I. Sheer, I. Siotis, D. Smith, R. Sobie, P. Sphicas, J. Strauss, J. Streets, C. Stubenrauch, D. Summers, K. Sumorok, F. Szoncso, C. Tao, A. Taurok, I. Ten Have, S. Tether, G. Thompson, E. Tscheslog, J. Tuominiemi, W. Van De Guchte, A. Van Eijk, J.P. Vialle, L. Villasenor, T.S. Virdee, W. Von Schlippe, J. Vrana, V. Vuillemin, K. Wacker, G. Walzel, A. Wildish, I. Wingerter, S.J. Wimpenny, X. Wulz, C.-E. Wulz, T. Wyatt, M. Yvert, C. Zaccardelli, I. Zacharov, N. Zaganidis, L. Zanello, and P. Zotto
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Quantum chromodynamics ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Photon ,Large Hadron Collider ,Proton ,Meson ,Branching fraction ,Nuclear Theory ,High Energy Physics::Phenomenology ,law.invention ,Nuclear physics ,Antiproton ,law ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment ,Collider ,Particle Physics - Experiment - Abstract
We present a study of low mass dimuon events [m(μμ) < 6 GeV/c2] from the UA1 experiment at the CERN pp collider. Contributions from semileptonic decays of heavy flavour particles, Drell-Yan type processes, J/ψ decays and leptonic decays of light mesons are extracted, and cross sections for high pT beauty and Drell-Yan production are derived. A limit for the branching fraction for the exotic decay B0→μ+μ− is also obtained. The cross section for section for low mass, high pT Drell-Yan prod uction is compared to the measured direct photon cross section using QED and QCD derived relationship. This relationship is used to infer a measurement of the single photon cross section at lower values of transverse momentum, where photons cannot be unambigously identified.
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- 1988