Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2006-08-28
Phys.Rev.C75:015204,2007
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.75.015204
Two--kaon production in proton--deuteron collisions has been studied at three energies close to threshold using a calibrated magnetic spectrograph to measure the final $^3$He and a vertex detector to measure the $K^+K^-$ pair. Differential and total cross sections are presented for the production of $\phi$--mesons, decaying through $\phi\to K^+K^-$, as well as for prompt $K^+K^-$ production. The prompt production seems to follow phase space in both its differential distributions and in its energy dependence. The amplitude for the $pd\to ^3${He}$ \phi$ reaction varies little for excess energies below 22 MeV and the value is consistent with that obtained from a threshold measurement. The angular distribution of the $K^+K^-$ decay pair shows that near threshold the $\phi$--mesons are dominantly produced with polarization $m=0$ along the initial proton direction. No conclusive evidence for $f_0(980)$ production is found in the data.
Bellemann F.
Berg Aaron A.
Bisplinghoff J.
Bohlscheid G.
Ernst J.
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