Eur. Phys. J. C (2004) 36: 315-321
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01965-3A measurement of
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01965-3
experimental physics
A measurement of 
polarization in inclusive production by 
of 340 GeV/c in C and Cu targets
We have measured the polarization of hyperons produced inclusively by a beam of 340 GeV/c momentum in nuclear targets. From a sample of 880000 identified decays, polarizations were determined in the range 0 < x
F
< 0.9 and 
GeV/c. The polarization w.r.t. the production normal is negative for 
0.3. At fixed values of x
F
, its magnitude increases with p
t
to maximum values which reach about 20% at large x
F
.
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