A Search for Disoriented Chiral Condensate at the Fermilab Tevatron

Abstract

We present results from MiniMax (Fermilab T-864), a small test/experiment at the Tevatron designed to search for the production of disoriented chiral condensate (DCC) in $p-\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.8$ TeV in the forward direction, $\sim 3.4<\eta <\sim 4.2$. Data, consisting of $1.3\times 10^6$ events, are analyzed using the robust observables developed in an earlier paper. The results are consistent with generic, binomial-distribution partition of pions into charged and neutral species. Limits on DCC production in various models are presented.

24 pages, 9 figures. Minor clarifications have been added

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