scholarly journals Meson production in air showers and the search for light exotic particles

2021 ◽  
pp. 102622
Author(s):  
M. Kachelrieß ◽  
J. Tjemsland
1953 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Amaldi ◽  
L. Mezzetti ◽  
G. Stoppini

KnE Energy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Merzlaya

The heavy-ion programme of the NA61/SHINE experiment at the CERN SPS has been expanded to allow precise measurements of exotic particles with short lifetime. The study of open charm meson production is a sensitive tool for new detailed investigations of the properties of hot and dense matter formed in nucleus-nucleus collisions. In particular, it offers new possibilities for studies of such phenomena as in- medium parton energy loss and quarkonium dissociation and possible regeneration, thus providing new information to probe deconfinement. A new high resolution Vertex Detector was designed for the NA61/SHINE experiment for measurements of the very rare processes of open charm production in nucleus- nucleus collisions at the SPS. It will meet the challenges of track registration and of very precise spatial resolution in primary and secondary vertex reconstruction required for the identification of


2017 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 1760069
Author(s):  
Eduardo S. da Veiga ◽  
Daniel T. da Silva ◽  
Werner K. Sauter ◽  
Victor P. Gonçalves

With the development of experiments in particle accelerators, there have been many new particles discovered. Some of these new particles are called exotic particles and are predicted by Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). There are various models for the study of these particles, and a possible way to study the exotic particle production is through the study of meson production in two-photon interactions at high-energy collisions due his clean experimental signal. In this contribution, we calculate the meson production in two-photon interactions at LHC energies considering proton-proton collisions to estimate the total cross section for the production of exotic states.


1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 432-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Jakeman

Events have been selected by coincidences between separated shielded trays of Geiger counters and it is shown that they arise from three types of phenomena, namely, extensive air showers, casual coincidences, and particles travelling in almost a horizontal direction. Selection of the last type of event has enabled the absolute intensity to be determined at zenith angles between 88° and 90°. Using a π meson production spectrum which gives consistency with the established underground absorption curve the intensity of particles in the horizontal direction has been calculated on the assumption that π–μ decay is the only source of μ mesons. The calculated intensity agrees well with the observations. Alternatively, by comparing the rate in the horizontal direction with the known rate underground, a value of 4.5 ± 1.5 × 10−8 sec. is obtained for the lifetime of the parents of μ mesons which, because of the depth of the atmosphere in the horizontal direction (362 m.w.e.), must have energy exceeding 1011 ev. This suggests that at this energy the parents of μ mesons can be identified with the π meson, and the number of μ mesons arising from the decay of a shorter lived meson (e.g. K meson) must be relatively small.


2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.M. Kartashev ◽  
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P.S. Kizim ◽  
V.E. Kovtun ◽  
S.N. Stervoiedov ◽  
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1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Levy ◽  
D. Brick ◽  
M. Hodous ◽  
R. Hulsizer ◽  
V. Kistiakowsky ◽  
...  

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