Charm Photoproduction Cross Section at 20 GeV
- 18 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 51 (3) , 156-159
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.156
Abstract
Forty-seven charm events have been observed in an exposure of the SLAC Hybrid Facility bubble chamber to a 20-GeV backward-scattered laser beam. Thirty-seven events survive all the necessary cuts imposed. Based on this number the total charm cross section is calculated to be nb.
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