Measurement of exclusive ρ+ρ-- Production in Mid-virtuality Two-photon interactions and study of the γγ∗ to ρρ process at LEP

Achard, P. ; Adriani, O. ; Aguilar-Benitez, M. ; Gurtu, A. ; et., al (2005) Measurement of exclusive ρ+ρ-- Production in Mid-virtuality Two-photon interactions and study of the γγ∗ to ρρ process at LEP Physics Letters B, 615 (1-2). pp. 19-30. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

Exclusive ρ+ρ- production in two-photon collisions between a quasi-real photon, γ , and a mid-virtuality photon, γ∗, is studied with data collected at LEP at centre-of-mass energies183 GeV ≤√s ≤209 GeV with a total integrated luminosity of 684.8 pb-1. The cross section of the γγ∗ →ρ+ρ- process is determined as a function of the photon virtuality, Q2, and the two-photon centre-of-mass energy, Wγγ, in the kinematic region: 0.2 GeV2≤Q2≤0.85 GeV2 and 1.1 GeV≤Wγγ≤3 GeV. These results, together with previous L3 measurements of ρ0ρ0and ρ+ρ- production, allow a study of the γγ*→ρρ process over the Q2-region 0.2 GeV2≤Q2≤30 GeV2.

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