Observation of D - π production correlations in 500 GeV π- - N interactions

E. M. Aitala*, S. Amato, J. C. Anjos, J. A. Appel, D. Ashery, S. Banerjee, I. Bediaga, G. Blaylock, S. B. Bracker, P. R. Burchat, R. A. Burnstein, T. Carter, H. S. Carvalho, N. K. Copty, I. Costa, L. M. Cremaldi, C. Darling, K. Denisenko, A. Fernandez, P. GagnonS. Gerzon, K. Gounder, A. M. Halling, G. Herrera, G. Hurvits, C. James, P. A. Kasper, S. Kwan, D. C. Langs, J. Leslie, B. Lundberg, S. MayTal-Beck, B. T. Meadows, J. R.T. De Mello Neto, R. H. Milburn, J. M. De Miranda, A. Napier, A. Nguyen, A. B. D'Oliveira, K. O'Shaughnessy, K. C. Peng, L. P. Perera, M. V. Purohit, B. Quinn, S. Radeztsky, A. Rafatian, N. W. Reay, J. J. Reidy, A. C. Dos Reis, H. A. Rubin, A. K.S. Santha, A. F.S. Santoro, A. J. Schwartz, M. Sheaff, R. A. Sidwell, A. J. Slaughter, M. D. Sokoloff, N. R. Stanton, K. Stenson, D. J. Summers, S. Takach, K. Thorne, A. K. Tripathi, S. Watanabe, R. Weiss-Babai, J. Wiener, N. Witchey, E. Wolin, D. Yi, S. Yoshida, R. Zaliznyak, C. Zhang

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Abstract

We study the charge correlations between charm mesons produced in 500 GeV π- - N interactions and the charged pions produced closest to them in phase space. With 110,000 fully reconstructed D mesons from experiment E791 at Fermilab, the correlations are studied as functions of the Dπ - D mass difference and of Feynman x. We observe significant correlations which appear to originate from a combination of sources including fragmentation dynamics, resonant decays, and charge of the beam.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)185-190
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume403
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997/06/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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