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Cascade and anti-Cascade Polarization Measurements at 800 GeV/c

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2012-08-27 v1

Abstract

The polarization of neutral Cascade and anti-Cascade hyperons produced by 800 GeV/c protons on a BeO target at a fixed targeting angle of 4.8 mrad is measured by the KTeV experiment at Fermilab. Our result of 9.7% for the neutral Cascade polarization shows no significant energy dependence when compared to a result obtained at 400 GeV/c production energy and at twice our targeting angle. The polarization of the neutral anti-Cascade is measured for the first time and found to be consistent with zero. We also examine the dependence of polarization on transverse production momentum.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0608007,
  title  = {Cascade and anti-Cascade Polarization Measurements at 800 GeV/c},
  author = {KTeV Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0608007},
  year   = {2012}
}

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