Large-angle production of charged pions with incident pion beams on nuclear targets

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.80.065207· OSTI ID:21296628

Apollonio, M; Chimenti, P; Giannini, G ^[1]; Artamonov, A; Giani, S; Gilardoni, S; Gorbunov, P; Grant, A; Grossheim, A; Ivanchenko, A; Ivanchenko, V; Kayis-Topaksu, A; Panman, J; Papadopoulos, I; Tcherniaev, E; Tsukerman, I; Wiebusch, C; Zucchelli, P ^[2]; Bagulya, A; Grichine, V ^[3]

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1. Universita degli Studi e Sezione INFN, Trieste (Italy)
2. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
3. P.N. Lebedev Institute of Physics (FIAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

Measurements of the double-differential {pi}{sup {+-}} production cross section in the range of momentum 100{<=}p{<=}800 MeV/c and angle 0.35{<=}{theta}{<=}2.15 rad using {pi}{sup {+-}} beams incident on beryllium, aluminum, carbon, copper, tin, tantalum, and lead targets are presented. The data were taken with the large-acceptance hadron production (HARP) detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN Proton Synchrotron. The secondary pions were produced by beams in a momentum range from 3 to 12.9GeV/c hitting a solid target with a thickness of 5% of a nuclear interaction length. The tracking and identification of the produced particles was performed using a small-radius cylindrical time projection chamber placed inside a solenoidal magnet. Incident particles were identified by an elaborate system of beam detectors. Results are obtained for the double-differential cross sections d{sup 2}{sigma}/dp d{theta} at six incident-beam momenta. Data at 3,5,8, and 12GeV/c are available for all targets, while additional data at 8.9 and 12.9GeV/c were taken in positive particle beams on Be and Al targets, respectively. The measurements are compared with several generators of GEANT4 and the MARS Monte Carlo simulation.

• OSTI ID: 21296628
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.065207; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ALUMINIUM
BERYLLIUM
CARBON
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
COPPER
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
INTERACTIONS
MAGNETS
MEV RANGE 100-1000
MONTE CARLO METHOD
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PION BEAMS
PIONS MINUS
PIONS PLUS
PROTONS
SYNCHROTRONS
TANTALUM
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS