Title
Inclusive ∑<sup>-</sup> and Λ(1520) production in hadronic Z decays
Date Issued
02 March 2000
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abreu P.
Adam W.
Adye T.
Adzic P.
Ajinenko I.
Albrecht Z.
Alderweireld T.
Alekseev G.D.
Alemany R.
Allmendinger T.
Allport P.P.
Almehed S.
Amaldi U.
Amapane N.
Amato S.
Anassontzis E.G.
Andersson P.
Andreazza A.
Andringa S.
Antilogus P.
Apel W.D.
Arnoud Y.
Åsman B.
Augustin J.E.
Augustinus A.
Baillon P.
Ballestrero A.
Bambade P.
Barao F.
Barbiellini G.
Barbier R.
Bardin D.Y.
Barker G.
Baroncelli A.
Battaglia M.
Baubillier M.
Becks K.H.
Begalli M.
Behrmann A.
Beilliere P.
Belokopytov Y.
Benekos N.C.
Benvenuti A.C.
Berat C.
Berggren M.
Bertrand D.
Besancon M.
Bigi M.
Bilenky M.S.
Bizouard M.A.
Bloch D.
Blom H.M.
Bonesini M.
Boonekamp M.
Booth P.S.L.
Borisov G.
Bosio C.
Botner O.
Boudinov E.
Bouquet B.
Bourdarios C.
Bowcock T.J.V.
Boyko I.
Bozovic I.
Bozzo M.
Bracko M.
Branchini P.
Brenner R.A.
Bruckman P.
Brunet J.M.
Bugge L.
Buran T.
Buschbeck B.
Buschmann P.
Cabrera S.
Caccia M.
Calvi M.
Camporesi T.
Canale V.
Carena F.
Carroll L.
Caso C.
Gimenez M.V.C.
Cattai A.
Cavallo F.R.
Chabaud V.
Charpentier P.
Checchia P.
Chelkov G.A.
Chierici R.
Chliapnikov P.
Chochula P.
Chorowicz V.
Chudoba J.
Cieslik K.
Collins P.
Contri R.
Cortina E.
Cosme G.
Cossutti F.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Production of ∑- and Λ(1520) in hadronic Z decays has been measured using the DELPHI detector at LEP. The ∑- is directly reconstructed as a charged track in the DELPHI microvertex detector and is identified by its ∑→nπ decay leading to a kink between the ∑- and π-track. The reconstruction of the Λ(1520) resonance relies strongly on the particle identification capabilities of the barrel Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector and on the ionisation loss measurement of the TPC. Inclusive production spectra are measured for both particles. The production rates are measured to be <N∑-/Nzhad> s 0.081 ± 0.002 ± 0.010, <NΛ(1520)/Nzhad> = 0.029 ± 0.005 ± 0.005. The production rate of the Λ(1520) suggests that a large fraction of the stable baryons descend from orbitally excited baryonic states. It is shown that the baryon production rates in Z decays follow a universal phenomenological law related to isospin, strangeness and mass of the particles. © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
Start page
429
End page
447
Volume
475
Issue
April 3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Física nuclear
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0034594846
Source
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
03702693
Sponsor(s)
We are greatly indebted to our technical collaborators, to the members of the CERN-SL Division for the excellent performance of the LEP collider, and to the funding agencies for their support in building and operating the DELPHI detector. We acknowledge in particular the support of Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Traffics, GZ 616.364/2-III/2a/98, FNRS–FWO, Belgium, FINEP, CNPq, CAPES, FUJB and FAPERJ, Brazil, Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, GA CR 202/96/0450 and GA AVCR A1010521, Danish Natural Research Council, Commission of the European Communities (DG XII), Direction des Sciences de la Matire, CEA, France, Bundesministerium fr Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Germany, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece, National Science Foundation (NWO) and Foundation for Research on Matter (FOM), The Netherlands, Norwegian Research Council, State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland, 2P03B06015, 2P03B1116 and SPUB/P03/178/98, JNICT–Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientı́fica e Tecnolgica, Portugal, Vedecka grantova agentura MS SR, Slovakia, Nr. 95/5195/134, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia, CICYT, Spain, AEN96–1661 and AEN96-1681, The Swedish Natural Science Research Council, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, Department of Energy, USA, DE–FG02–94ER40817.
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