Dielectron production in pp and dp collisions at 1.25 GeV/u with HADES

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Inclusive production of e+e--pairs in pp and dp collisions at a kinetic beam energy of 1.25 GeV/u has been studied with the HADES spectrometer.

• In the latter case, the main goal was to obtain data on pair emission in quasi-free np collisions.
• To select this particular reaction channel the HADES experimental setup was extended with a Forward Wall hodoscope, which allowed to register spectator protons.
• Here, the measured invariant mass distributions demonstrate a strong enhancement of the pair yield for M > 140 MeV/c2 in comparison to pp data.