[Formula presented] Production from Proton-Proton Collisions at [Formula presented]

Abstract

[Formula presented] production has been measured in proton-proton collisions at [Formula presented] over a wide rapidity and transverse momentum range by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Distributions of the rapidity and transverse momentum, along with measurements of the mean transverse momentum and total production cross section are presented and compared to available theoretical calculations. The total [Formula presented] cross section is [Formula presented]. The mean transverse momentum is [Formula presented]. © 2004 The American Physical Society.