Double diffraction dissociation at the Fermilab Tevatron collider.

Journal article

We present results from a measurement of double diffraction dissociation in pp collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The production cross section for events with a central pseudorapidity gap of width Deltaeta(0)>3 (overlapping eta = 0) is found to be 4.43+/-0.02(stat)+/-1.18(syst) mb [ 3.42+/-0.01(stat)+/-1.09(syst) mb] at square root of (s) = 1800[630] GeV. Our results are compared with previous measurements and with predictions based on Regge theory and factorization.

Authors: Affolder, T; Akimoto, H; Akopian, A; Albrow, MG; Amaral, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 87
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 141802
• Publication date: 2001-10-01
• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.141802
• EISSN: 1079-7114
• ISSN: 0031-9007
• Language: English