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Production of π0 and η mesons at large transverse momenta in pp and pBe interactions at 530 and 800GeV/c

• V Zutshi
Phys. Rev. D 01/2003; 68(5). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.052001

ABSTRACT We present measurements of the production of high transverse momentum π0 and η mesons in pp and pBe interactions at 530 and 800GeV/c. The data span the kinematic ranges: 1<pT<10GeV/c in transverse momentum and 1.5 units in rapidity. The inclusive π0 cross sections are compared with next-to-leading order QCD calculations and to expectations based on a phenomenological parton-kT model.

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