Inclusive dielectron spectra in p plus p collisions at 3.5 GeV kinetic beam energy

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2012
Authors
Agakishiev, G.
Collaboration, H.
Balanda, A.
Belver, D.
Belyaev, A.
Blanco, A.
Bohmer, M.
Boyard, J. L.
Cabanelas, P.
Castro, E.
Chen, J. C.
Chernenko, S.
Christ, T.
Destefanis, M.
Dohrmann, F.
Dybczak, A.
Epple, E.
Fabbietti, L.
Fateev, O.
Finocchiaro, P.
Fonte, P.
Friese, J.
Frohlich, I.
Galatyuk, T.
Garzon, J. A.
Gernhauser, R.
Gilardi, C.
Golubeva, M.
Gonzalez-Diaz, D.
Guber, F.
Gumberidze, M.
Heinz, T.
Hennino, T.
Holzmann, R.
Ierusalimov, A.
Iori, I.
Ivashkin,A.
Jurkovic, M.
Kampfer, B.
Kanaki, K.
Karavicheva, T.
Koenig, I.
Koenig, W.
Kolb, B. W.
Kotte, R.
Krasa, A.
Krizek, F.
Krucken, R.
Kuc, H.
Kuhn, W.
Kugler, A.
Kurepin, A.
Lalik, R.
Lang, S.
Lange, J. S.
Lapidus, K.
Liu, T.
Lopes, L.
Lorenz, M.
Maier, L.
Mangiarotti, A.
Markert, J.
Metag, V.
Michalska, B.
Michel, J.
Michel, J.
Mousa, J.
Muntz, C.
Naumann, L.
Otwinowski, J.
Pachmayer, Y. C.
Palka, M.
Parpottas, Y.
Pechenov, V.
Pechenova, O.
Pietraszko, J.
Przygoda, W.
Ramstein, B.
Reshetin, A.
Rustamov, A.
Sadovsky, A.
Salabura, P.
Schmah, A.
Schwab, E.
Siebenson, J.
Sobolev, Y. G.
Spataro, S.
Spruck, B.
Strobele, H.
Stroth, J.
Sturm, C.
Tarantola, A.
Teilab, K.
Tlusty, P.
Traxler, M.
Trebacz, R.
Tsertos, H.
Wagner, V.
Weber, M.
Wendisch, C.
Wustenfeld, J.
Yurevich, S.
Zanevsky, Y.
Name of Publication
European Physical Journal A
Volume
48
Issue
5
Date Published
May
Short Title
Inclusive dielectron spectra in p plus p collisions at 3.5 GeV kinetic beam energy
Accession Number
WOS:000304696800011
ISBN Number
1434-6001
Abstract

We present the inclusive invariant mass, transverse momentum and rapidity distributions of dielectrons (e(+)e(-) pairs) in p+p interactions at 3.5 GeV beam kinetic energy. In the vector meson mass region, a distinct peak corresponding to direct omega decays is reconstructed with a 2% mass resolution. The data is compared to predictions from three model calculations. Due to the large acceptance of the HADES apparatus for e(+)e(-) invariant masses above 0.2 GeV/c(2) and for transverse pair momenta p(t) < 1 GeV/c, acceptance corrections are, to a large extent, model independent. This allows us to extract from dielectron data for the first time at this energy the inclusive production cross-sections for light vector mesons. Inclusive production cross-sections for pi(0) and eta mesons are also reported. The obtained results will serve as an important reference for the study of vector meson production in proton-nucleus and heavy-ion collisions. Furthermore, using this data, an improved value for the upper bound of the branching ratio for direct eta decays into the electron-positron channel is obtained.