학술논문

Initial-State Radiation Measurement of the e+e- -> pi+pi-pi+pi- Cross Section
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Lees, J. P.Poireau, V.Tisserand, V.Tico, J. GarraGrauges, E.Martinelli, M.Milanes, D. A.Palano, A.Pappagallo, M.Eigen, G.Stugu, B.Brown, D. N.Kerth, L. T.Kolomensky, Yu. G.Lynch, G.Koch, H.Schroeder, T.Asgeirsson, D. J.Hearty, C.Mattison, T. S.McKenna, J. A.Khan, A.Blinov, V. E.Buzykaev, A. R.Druzhinin, V. P.Golubev, V. B.Kravchenko, E. A.Onuchin, A. P.Serednyakov, S. I.Skovpen, Yu. I.Solodov, E. P.Todyshev, K. Yu.Yushkov, A. N.Bondioli, M.Kirkby, D.Lankford, A. J.Mandelkern, M.Stoker, D. P.Atmacan, H.Gary, J. W.Liu, F.Long, O.Vitug, G. M.Campagnari, C.Hong, T. M.Kovalskyi, D.Richman, J. D.West, C. A.Eisner, A. M.Kroseberg, J.Lockman, W. S.Martinez, A. J.Schalk, T.Schumm, B. A.Seiden, A.Cheng, C. H.Doll, D. A.Echenard, B.Flood, K. T.Hitlin, D. G.Ongmongkolkul, P.Porter, F. C.Rakitin, A. Y.Andreassen, R.Dubrovin, M. S.Huard, Z.Meadows, B. T.Sokoloff, M. D.Sun, L.Bloom, P. C.Ford, W. T.Gaz, A.Nagel, M.Nauenberg, U.Smith, J. G.Wagner, S. R.Ayad, R.Toki, W. H.Spaan, B.Kobel, M. J.Schubert, K. R.Schwierz, R.Bernard, D.Verderi, M.Clark, P. J.Playfer, S.Bettoni, D.Bozzi, C.Calabrese, R.Cibinetto, G.Fioravanti, E.Garzia, I.Luppi, E.Munerato, M.Negrini, M.Piemontese, L.Santoro, V.Baldini-Ferroli, R.Calcaterra, A.de Sangro, R.Finocchiaro, G.Nicolaci, M.Patteri, P.Peruzzi, I. M.Piccolo, M.Rama, M.Zallo, A.Contri, R.Guido, E.Vetere, M. LoMonge, M. R.Passaggio, S.Patrignani, C.Robutti, E.Bhuyan, B.Prasad, V.Lee, C. L.Morii, M.Edwards, A. J.Adametz, A.Marks, J.Uwer, U.Bernlochner, F. U.Ebert, M.Lacker, H. M.Lueck, T.Dauncey, P. D.Tibbetts, M.Behera, P. K.Mallik, U.Chen, C.Cochran, J.Meyer, W. T.Prell, S.Rosenberg, E. I.Rubin, A. E.Gritsan, A. V.Guo, Z. J.Arnaud, N.Davier, M.Grosdidier, G.Diberder, F. LeLutz, A. M.Malaescu, B.Roudeau, P.Schune, M. H.Stocchi, A.Wormser, G.Lange, D. J.Wright, D. M.Bingham, I.Chavez, C. A.Coleman, J. P.Fry, J. R.Gabathuler, E.Hutchcroft, D. E.Payne, D. J.Touramanis, C.Bevan, A. J.Di Lodovico, F.Sacco, R.Sigamani, M.Cowan, G.Davis, C. L.Denig, A. G.Fritsch, M.Gradl, W.Hafner, A.Prencipe, E.Alwyn, K. E.Bailey, D.Barlow, R. J.Jackson, G.Lafferty, G. D.Behn, E.Cenci, R.Hamilton, B.Jawahery, A.Roberts, D. A.Simi, G.Dallapiccola, C.Cowan, R.Dujmic, D.Sciolla, G.Lindemann, D.Patel, P. M.Robertson, S. H.Schram, M.Biassoni, P.Lazzaro, A.Lombardo, V.Neri, N.Palombo, F.Stracka, S.Cremaldi, L.Godang, R.Kroeger, R.Sonnek, P.Summers, D. J.Nguyen, X.Taras, P.De Nardo, G.Monorchio, D.Onorato, G.Sciacca, C.Raven, G.Snoek, H. L.Jessop, C. P.Knoepfel, K. J.LoSecco, J. M.Wang, W. F.Honscheid, K.Kass, R.Brau, J.Frey, R.Sinev, N. B.Strom, D.Torrence, E.Feltresi, E.Gagliardi, N.Margoni, M.Morandin, M.Posocco, M.Rotondo, M.Simonetto, F.Stroili, R.Akar, S.Ben-Haim, E.Bomben, M.Bonneaud, G. R.Briand, H.Calderini, G.Chauveau, J.Hamon, O.Leruste, Ph.Marchiori, G.Ocariz, J.Sitt, S.Biasini, M.Manoni, E.Pacetti, S.Rossi, A.Angelini, C.Batignani, G.Bettarini, S.Carpinelli, M.Casarosa, G.Cervelli, A.Forti, F.Giorgi, M. A.Lusiani, A.Oberhof, B.Paoloni, E.Perez, A.Rizzo, G.Walsh, J. J.Pegna, D. LopesLu, C.Olsen, J.Smith, A. J. S.Telnov, A. V.Anulli, F.Cavoto, G.Faccini, R.Ferrarotto, F.Ferroni, F.Gaspero, M.Gioi, L. LiMazzoni, M. A.Piredda, G.Bünger, C.Grünberg, O.Hartmann, T.Leddig, T.Schröder, H.Waldi, R.Adye, T.Olaiya, E. O.Wilson, F. F.Emery, S.de Monchenault, G. HamelVasseur, G.Y\`, Ch.Aston, D.Bard, D. J.Bartoldus, R.Cartaro, C.Convery, M. R.Dorfan, J.Dubois-Felsmann, G. P.Dunwoodie, W.Field, R. C.Sevilla, M. FrancoFulsom, B. G.Gabareen, A. M.Graham, M. T.Grenier, P.Hast, C.Innes, W. R.Kelsey, M. H.Kim, H.Kim, P.Kocian, M. L.Leith, D. W. G. S.Lewis, P.Li, S.Lindquist, B.Luitz, S.Luth, V.Lynch, H. L.MacFarlane, D. B.Muller, D. R.Neal, H.Nelson, S.Ofte, I.Perl, M.Pulliam, T.Ratcliff, B. N.Roodman, A.Salnikov, A. A.Schindler, R. H.Snyder, A.Su, D.Sullivan, M. K.Va'vra, J.Wagner, A. P.Weaver, M.Wisniewski, W. J.Wittgen, M.Wright, D. H.Wulsin, H. W.Yarritu, A. K.Young, C. C.Ziegler, V.Park, W.Purohit, M. V.White, R. M.Wilson, J. R.Randle-Conde, A.Sekula, S. J.Bellis, M.Benitez, J. F.Burchat, P. R.Miyashita, T. S.Alam, M. S.Ernst, J. A.Gorodeisky, R.Guttman, N.Peimer, D. R.Soffer, A.Lund, P.Spanier, S. M.Eckmann, R.Ritchie, J. L.Ruland, A. M.Schilling, C. J.Schwitters, R. F.Wray, B. C.Izen, J. M.Lou, X. C.Bianchi, F.Gamba, D.Lanceri, L.Vitale, L.Martinez-Vidal, F.Oyanguren, A.Ahmed, H.Albert, J.Banerjee, Sw.Choi, H. H. F.King, G. J.Kowalewski, R.Lewczuk, M. J.Nugent, I. M.Roney, J. M.Sobie, R. J.Tasneem, N.Gershon, T. J.Harrison, P. F.Latham, T. E.Puccio, E. M. T.Band, H. R.Dasu, S.Pan, Y.Prepost, R.Wu, S. L.
Source
PRD 85, 112009 (2012)
Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Language
Abstract
We study the process e+e- -> pi+pi-pi+pi-gamma, with a photon emitted from the initial-state electron or positron, using 454.3 fb^-1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at SLAC, corresponding to approximately 260,000 signal events. We use these data to extract the non-radiative sigma(e+e- ->pi+pi-pi+pi-) cross section in the energy range from 0.6 to 4.5 Gev. The total uncertainty of the cross section measurement in the peak region is less than 3%, higher in precision than the corresponding results obtained from energy scan data.