Search for disoriented chiral condensate at the Fermilab Tevatron
/ Authors
T. Brooks, M. Convery, W. Davis, K. D. Signore, T. Jenkins, E. Kangas, M. Knepley, K. Kowalski, C. Taylor, S. Oh
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W. Walker, P. Colestock, B. Hanna, M. Martens, J. Streets, R. Ball, H. Gustafson, L. W. Jones, M. J. Longo, J. Bjorken, A. Abashian, N. Morgan, C. Pruneau
/ Abstract
We present results from MiniMax (Fermilab T-864), a small test/experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron designed to search for the production of a disoriented chiral condensate (DCC) in p-p(bar sign) collisions at {radical}(s)=1.8 TeV in the forward direction, {approx}3.4<{eta}<{approx}4.2. Data, consisting of 1.3x10{sup 6} events, are analyzed using the robust observables developed in an earlier paper. The results are consistent with generic, binomial-distribution partition of pions into charged and neutral species. Limits on DCC production in various models are presented. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.
Journal: Physical Review D