Fixed target experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reviews the study of exclusive central production reactions at Fermilab's fixed target experiment with 800 GeV protons, focusing on various meson states and including partial wave analysis results.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive review of exclusive central production at Fermilab, including new partial wave analysis results on light states and cross section data for D* production.

Findings

Partial Wave Analysis results on light meson states

Cross section measurements for D* production

Insights into diffractive production mechanisms

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the study of Exclusive Central Production at a Center of Mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=40$ GeV at the Fermilab Fixed Target program. In all reactions reviewed in this paper, protons with an energy of 800 GeV were extracted from the Tevatron accelerator at Fermilab and directed to a Liquid Hydrogen target. The states reviewed include $\pi^+\pi^-$, $K^0_s K^0_s$, $ K^0_sK^\pm\pi^\mp$, $\phi\phi$ and $D^{*\pm}$. Partial Wave Analysis results will be presented on the light states but only the cross section will be reviewed in the diffractive production of $D^{*\pm}$