Measurement of exclusive $${\varvec{{{{\pi ^+\pi ^-}}}}}$$ π + π - and $${\varvec{{{{\rho ^0}}}}}$$ ρ 0 meson photoproduction at HERA

Abstract Exclusive photoproduction of $${{\rho ^0}} (770)$$ ρ 0 ( 770 ) mesons is studied using the H1 detector at the ep collider HERA. A sample of about 900,000 events is used to measure single- and double-differential cross sections for the reaction $$\gamma p \rightarrow \pi ^{+}\pi ^{-}Y$$ γ p...

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Main Authors: V. Andreev, A. Baghdasaryan, A. Baty, K. Begzsuren, A. Belousov, A. Bolz, V. Boudry, G. Brandt, D. Britzger, A. Buniatyan, L. Bystritskaya, A. J. Campbell, K. B. Cantun Avila, K. Cerny, V. Chekelian, Z. Chen, J. G. Contreras, J. Cvach, J. B. Dainton, K. Daum, A. Deshpande, C. Diaconu, G. Eckerlin, S. Egli, E. Elsen, L. Favart, A. Fedotov, J. Feltesse, M. Fleischer, A. Fomenko, C. Gal, J. Gayler, L. Goerlich, N. Gogitidze, M. Gouzevitch, C. Grab, A. Grebenyuk, T. Greenshaw, G. Grindhammer, D. Haidt, R. C. W. Henderson, J. Hladkỳ, D. Hoffmann, R. Horisberger, T. Hreus, F. Huber, M. Jacquet, X. Janssen, A. W. Jung, H. Jung, M. Kapichine, J. Katzy, C. Kiesling, M. Klein, C. Kleinwort, R. Kogler, P. Kostka, J. Kretzschmar, D. Krücker, K. Krüger, M. P. J. Landon, W. Lange, P. Laycock, A. Lebedev, S. Levonian, K. Lipka, B. List, J. List, W. Li, B. Lobodzinski, E. Malinovski, H.-U. Martyn, S. J. Maxfield, A. Mehta, A. B. Meyer, H. Meyer, J. Meyer, S. Mikocki, M. M. Mondal, A. Morozov, K. Müller, Th. Naumann, P. R. Newman, C. Niebuhr, G. Nowak, J. E. Olsson, D. Ozerov, S. Park, C. Pascaud, G. D. Patel, E. Perez, A. Petrukhin, I. Picuric, D. Pitzl, R. Polifka, V. Radescu, N. Raicevic, T. Ravdandorj, P. Reimer, E. Rizvi, P. Robmann, R. Roosen, A. Rostovtsev, M. Rotaru, D. P. C. Sankey, M. Sauter, E. Sauvan, S. Schmitt, B. A. Schmookler, L. Schoeffel, A. Schöning, F. Sefkow, S. Shushkevich, Y. Soloviev, P. Sopicki, D. South, V. Spaskov, A. Specka, M. Steder, B. Stella, U. Straumann, T. Sykora, P. D. Thompson, D. Traynor, P. Truöl, B. Tseepeldorj, Z. Tu, A. Valkárová, C. Vallée, P. Van Mechelen, D. Wegener, E. Wünsch, J. Žáček, J. Zhang, Z. Zhang, R. Žlebčík, H. Zohrabyan, F. Zomer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08587-3