Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics - FIRESTONE 1971C
Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics

FIRESTONE 1971C

Firestone, I.; Goldhaber, G.; Lissauer, D.; Sheldon, B.M.; Trilling, G.H.;
Observation of the +
Phys. Rev. Lett. 26 (1971) 410;

Abstracts
We have observed an event. The is produced in the reaction K+d p + - at 12 GeV/c, and decays via the mode K+. The fitted mass for this particle is M = 1673.1 ± 1.0 MeV. The -production cross section is of the order of 0.1 b.

Accelerator SLAC Detectors DBC-82IN

Related references
See also
V. E. Barnes et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 12 (1964) 204;
M. Ross et al., Phys. Lett. 33B (1970) 1;
B. Rossi, Nuovo Cim. Suppl. 2 (1955) 163;

Reactions
  K+ deuteron + X 12.0 GeV (Plab) cs

Particles studied
  + ex

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First evidence for the +.
    
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