A study of the relationship between average transverse momentum and charged pseudorapidity density for pions and antiprotons at tevatron energies
Abstract
The transverse momentum of $\pi\sp\pm$ and $\rm\bar{p}$ produced within the pseudorapidity range of $\eta$ = $-$0.36 to +1.0 and azimuthal range of $\phi$ = +2$\sp\circ$ to $\phi$ = +18$\sp\circ$ has been measured in $\rm\bar{p}p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 546, 1000 and 1800 GeV. The charged multiplicity of each event was measured by either the 240 element cylindrical hodoscope covering the range $-$3.25 $<$ $\eta$ $<$ +3.25 or the central drift chamber, which spans a pseudorapidity range of 3.2 units. The average transverse momentum as a function of the pseudorapidity density for mass-identified particles is presented. Pseudorapidity densities as high as 30 particles per unit pseudorapidity have been observed.
Degree
Ph.D.
Advisors
Scharenberg, Purdue University.
Subject Area
Particle physics|Nuclear physics
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