Observation of a Dimuon Resonance at 9.5 GeV in 400-GeV Proton-Nucleus Collisions

1 August 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 39 (5) , 252-255
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.39.252

Abstract

Dimuon production is studied in 400-GeV proton-nucleus collisions. A strong enhancement is observed at 9.5 GeV mass in a sample of 9000 dimuon events with a mass

m_{μ^{+} μ^{-}} > 5

GeV.

Keywords

CROSS SECTION
COPPER
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PLATINUM
CHARGED PARTICLES
MASS SPECTRA

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Physical Review Letters, 1976
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Physical Review Letters, 1976
Observation of High-Mass Dilepton Pairs in Hadron Collisions at 400 GeV
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