Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2002-09-17
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
48 pages, 10 figures submitted to Nucl.-Phys. A Minor wording corrections, a small inconsistency has been corrected in sect.3.
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0375-9474(02)01366-0
The $\phi$-meson production cross section is measured for the first time at a sub-threshold energy of 1.93 AGeV in \nuc{58}{Ni}+\nuc{58}{Ni} central collisions. The $\phi$ data were obtained within the acceptance of the CDC/Barrel subsystem of FOPI. For a sample of $4.7\cdot 10^6$ central events, after background subtraction, 23 candidates were observed. Extensive GEANT simulations of the detector performance are shown in a thorough comparison to the real response, aiming at a good understanding of the apparatus and at a trustable determination of the efficiencies, production probability and possible systematic errors. A filter procedure is elaborated, which is meant to facilitate the comparison of any theoretical calculation or new data with the current ones. How to extrapolate the present value to a $\phi$-meson cross section in $4\pi$ is also discussed. This result on pseudo-vector mesons can now be compared to existing experimental knowledge for the same reaction at the same incident energy for various outgoing channels, $K^+$ and $K^-$ included. A significant fraction (at least 20%) of the $K^-$-mesons is originating in the decay of the $\phi$, supporting the statement that the two channels are strongly correlated.
FOPI collaboration for the
Gobbi A.
Herrmann N.
Kecskemeti J.
Kotte R.
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