Search for anomalous particles in high-energy hadron-proton interactions

T. A. Fuess*, E. S. Hafen, P. Haridas, R. I. Hulsizer, T. Junk, A. Levy, C. Milstene, I. A. Pless, I. The, R. K. Yamamoto, D. Brick, K. De, M. Widgoff, D. Alyea, F. Grard, R. Dolfini, S. Ratti, M. Kalelkar, R. Plano, P. StamerS. Dado, J. Goldberg, R. Heifetz, J. Grunhaus, W. Bugg, T. Handler, E. Hart, Y. Eisenberg, U. Karshon

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Abstract

The possibility of the production of long-lived anomalous particles (APs), particles with anomalously short mean free paths, is explored in 147-GeV/c +p, K+p, and pp interactions. Limits are set on AP production using the noninteracting particles produced in these hadron-proton collisions and using published interaction cross sections to define nonanomalous behavior. The three-standard-deviation upper limits on the fraction of produced particles that may be considered APs decrease from less than 3% at an AP-proton cross section of 150 mb to less than 0.1% at an AP-proton cross section of 3 b.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3297-3309
Number of pages13
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume35
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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