Large-angle production of charged pions by 3 GeV/c-12 GeV/c protons on carbon, copper and tin targets
Publicated to:European Physical Journal c. 53 (2): 177-204 - 2008-01-01 53(2), DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0475-4
Authors: Catanesi MG; Radicioni E; Edgecock R; Ellis M; Robbins S; Soler FJP; Gößling C; Bunyatov S; Krasnoperov A; Popov B; Serdiouk V; Tereschenko V; Di Capua E; Vidal-Sitjes G; Arce P; Artamonov A; Giani S; Gilardoni S; Gorbunov P; Grant A; Grossheim A; Gruber P; Ivanchenko V; Kayis-Topaksu A; Panman J; Papadopoulos I; Pasternak J; Tcherniaev E; Tsukerman I; Veenhof R; Wiebusch C; Zucchelli P; Blondel A; Borghi S; Campanelli M; Morone MC; Prior G; Schroeter R; Engel R; Meurer C; Kato I; Gastaldi U; Mills GB; Graulich JS; Grégoire G; Kirsanov M; Bonesini M; Ferri F; Paganoni M; Paleari F; Bagulya A; Grichine V; Polukhina N; Palladino V; Coney L; Schmitz D; Barr G; De Santo A; Pattison C; Zuber K; Bobisut F; Gibin D; Guglielmi A; Mezzetto M; Dumarchez J; Vannucci F; Dore U; Orestano D; Pastore F; Tonazzo A; Tortora L; Booth C; Buttar C; Hodgson P; Howlett L; Bogomilov M; Chizhov M; Kolev D; Tsenov R; Piperov S; Temnikov P; Apollonio M; Chimenti P; Giannini G; Santin G; Burguet-Castell J; Cervera-Villanueva A; Gómez-Cadenas JJ; Martín-Albo J; Novella P; Sorel M; Tornero A
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Abstract
A measurement of the double-differential π± production cross-section in proton-carbon, proton-copper and proton-tin collisions in the range of pion momentum 100 MeV/c p<800 MeV/c and angle 0.35 rad θ<2.15 rad is presented. The data were taken with the HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN PS. The pions were produced by proton beams in a momentum range from 3 GeV/c to 12 GeV/c hitting a target with a thickness of 5% of a nuclear interaction length. The tracking and identification of the produced particles was done using a small-radius cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) placed in a solenoidal magnet. An elaborate system of detectors in the beam line ensured the identification of the incident particles. Results are shown for the double-differential cross-sections d2σ/dpdθ at four incident proton beam momenta (3 GeV/c, 5 GeV/c, 8 GeV/c and 12 GeV/c). © 2007 Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica.
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