Related papers: Apparent Excess in e+e- --> hadrons
The inclusive production of charged hadrons in the collisions of quasi-real photons e+e- -> e+e- +X has been measured using the OPAL detector at LEP. The data were taken at e+e- centre-of-mass energies from 183 to 209 GeV. The differential…
Using 586pb^-1 of e^+e^- collision data at E_CM = 4170MeV, produced at the CESR collider and collected with the CLEO-c detector, we observe the process e^+e^- --> pi^+ pi^- h_c(1P). We measure its cross section to be 15.6+-2.3+-1.9+-3.0pb,…
A sizeable charge asymmetry in top quark pair production has been observed at the Tevatron. The experimental results seem to exceed systematically the Standard Model theory predictions by a significant amount and have triggered a large…
We report first measurements of $e^{+}e^{-}$ pair production in the mass region 0.4 $<M_{ee}<$ 2.6 GeV/$c^{2}$ at low transverse momentum ($p_T<$ 0.15 GeV/$c$) in non-central Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV and U$+$U…
Using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $651~\mathrm{pb}^{-1}$ accumulated at 22 center-of-mass energies from 2.00 to 3.08 GeV by the BESIII experiment, the process $e^{+}e^{-}\to\phi\pi^{+}\pi^{-}$ is studied. The cross…
In total 1317 di-lepton events with significant missing transverse momentum were identified in a total data sample of 680 pb-1 collected at e+e- centre-of-mass energies ranging from 183 GeV to 209 GeV. The number of di-lepton events, the…
BaBar has measured with unprecedented accuracy the e+e- --> ppbar cross section from the threshold up to Q^2 ~ 20 GeV^2/c^4, finding out an unexpected cross section, with plateaux and negative steps. Evidence for a ratio |G_E/G_M|>1 has…
A summary of the present Standard Model Higgs search and measurement of top quark mass at the Tevatron are presented. The sensitivity of the present Higgs search at the Tevatron is limited by statistics to a cross section approximately two…
This paper examines the transverse momentum spectra of hadrons in the multiparticle production at LHC in the framework of the Quark-Gluon String Model (QGSM). It discusses the dependence of average pt on the masses of mesons and baryons at…
The BaBar Collaboration has an intensive program studying the cross sections of hadron production in low-energy e+e- annihilation, accessible via initial-state radiation. Our measurements allow a significant improvement in the precision of…
We perform a systematic analysis of exclusive hadronic channels in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies between 2.1 and 2.6 GeV within the statistical hadronization model. Because of the low multiplicities involved, calculations have…
New data for the total cross section $\sigma(e^+e^-\to{hadrons})$ in the charm and bottom threshold region are combined with an improved theoretical analysis, which includes recent four-loop calculations, to determine the short distance…
New data for the total cross section sigma(e^+e^- --> hadrons) in the charm and bottom threshold region are combined with an improved theoretical analysis, which includes recent four-loop calculations, to determine the short distance…
The process $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow D_{s}^{\ast+}D_{s}^{\ast-}$ is studied with a semi-inclusive method using data samples at center-of-mass energies from threshold to 4.95 GeV collected with the BESIII detector operating at the Beijing…
Inclusive charged hadron production, e+e- -> e+e- h+- X, is studied using 414 pb-1 of data collected at LEP with the L3 detector at centre-of-mass energies between 189 and 202 GeV. Single particle inclusive differential cross sections are…
In this note we address the issue of theoretical estimates of the hadronic cross-sections for \gamgam processes. We compare the predictions of the minijet model with data as well as other models, highlighting the band of uncertainties in…
The CDF and D0 collaborations have updated their measurements of the mass of the top quark using proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s}=1.96TeV produced at the Tevatron. The uncertainties in each of the of top-antitop decay channels have…
In this talk I will review the recent experimental status of $\sigma(e^+ e^- \to hadrons)$ at $\sqrt{s}<10 GeV$ and the prospects for the future. The influence on $\alpha_{QED}(M^2_{Z})$ and $(g-2)_{\mu}$ is also discussed.
The $e^+ e^- \to K^0_{S}K^0_{L}$ cross section has been measured in the center-of-mass energy range 1004--1060 MeV at 25 energy points using $6.1 \times 10^5$ events with $K^0_{S}\to \pi^+\pi^-$ decay. The analysis is based on 5.9 pb$^{-1}$…
Using data samples with a total integrated luminosity of $22.1~\rm fb^{-1}$ at center-of-mass energies between 4.008 and 4.951~GeV collected with the BESIII detector, the cross sections of $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow \pi^{0}\pi^{0}\psi(3686)$…