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Phys Rev Lett. 2001 May 28;86(22):5019-22. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5019.

Observation of rho/omega meson modification in nuclear matter.

Physical review letters

K Ozawa, H En'yo, H Funahashi, M Kitaguchi, M Ishino, H Kanda, S Mihara, T Miyashita, T Murakami, R Muto, M Naruki, F Sakuma, H D Sato, T Tabaru, S Yamada, S Yokkaichi, Y Yoshimura, J Chiba, M Ieiri, M Nomachi, O Sasaki, M Sekimoto, K H Tanaka, H Hamagaki

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

PMID: 11384410 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5019

Abstract

We measured the invariant mass spectra of electron-positron pairs in the target rapidity region of 12-GeV p+A reactions. We have observed a significant difference in the mass spectra below the omega meson between p+C and p+Cu interactions. This difference indicates that the spectral shape of mesons is modified at normal nuclear-matter density.

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