Measurements of the Cross Section for $e^{+} e^{-} \to Hadrons$ at Center-of-Mass Energies from 2 to 5 GeV

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25 February 2002

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 88 (10) , 101802
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.101802

Abstract

We report values of

R = σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to hadrons) / σ (e^{+} e^{-} \to μ^{+} μ^{-})

for 85 center-of-mass energies between 2 and

5 GeV

measured with the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider.

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