Measurements of π + , π − , p , p ¯ , K + and K − production in 120     GeV / c p + C interactions

Adhikary, H.; Adrich, P.; Allison, K. K.; Amin, N.; Andronov, E. V.; Antićić, T.; Arsene, I. -C.; Bajda, M.; Balkova, Y.; Baszczyk, M.; Battaglia, D.; Bazgir, A.; Bhosale, S.; Bielewicz, M.; Blondel, A.; Bogomilov, M.; Bondar, Y.; Bostan, N.; Brandin, A.; Bryliński, W.; Brzychczyk, J.; Buryakov, M.; Camino, A. F.; Ćirković, M.; Csanád, M.; Cybowska, J.; Czopowicz, T.; Dalmazzone, C.; Davis, N.; Dmitriev, A.; von Doetinchem, P.; Dominik, W.; Dorosz, P.; Dumarchez, J.; Engel, R.; Feofilov, G. A.; Fields, L.; Fodor, Z.; Friend, M.; Gaździcki, M.; Golosov, O.; Golovatyuk, V.; Golubeva, M.; Grebieszkow, K.; Guber, F.; Igolkin, S. N.; Ilieva, S.; Ivashkin, A.; Izvestnyy, A.; Kadija, K.; Kargin, N.; Karpushkin, N.; Kashirin, E.; Kiełbowicz, M.; Kireyeu, V. A.; Kitagawa, H.; Kolesnikov, R.; Kolev, D.; Koshio, Y.; Kovalenko, V. N.; Kowalski, S.; Kozłowski, B.; Krasnoperov, A.; Kucewicz, W.; Kuchowicz, M.; Kuich, M.; Kurepin, A.; László, A.; Lewicki, M.; Lykasov, G.; Lyubushkin, V. V.; Maćkowiak-Pawłowska, M.; Majka, Z.; Makhnev, A.; Maksiak, B.; Malakhov, A. I.; Marcinek, A.; Marino, A. D.; Mathes, H. -J.; Matulewicz, T.; Matveev, V.; Melkumov, G. L.; Merzlaya, A.; Mik, Ł.; Mills, G.; Morawiec, A.; Morozov, S.; Nagai, Y.; Nakadaira, T.; Naskręt, M.; Nishimori, S.; Ozvenchuk, V.; Panova, O.; Paolone, V.; Petukhov, O.; Pidhurskyi, I.; Płaneta, R.; Podlaski, P.; Popov, B. A.; Pórfy, B.; Posiadała-Zezula, M.; Prokhorova, D. S.; Pszczel, D.; Puławski, S.; Puzović, J.; Renfordt, R.; Ren, L.; Reyna Ortiz, V. Z.; Röhrich, D.; Rondio, E.; Roth, M.; Rozpłochowski, Ł.; Rumberger, B. T.; Rumyantsev, M.; Rustamov, A.; Rybczynski, M.; Rybicki, A.; Sakashita, K.; Schmidt, K.; Seryakov, A. Yu.; Seyboth, P.; Shah, U. A.; Shiraishi, Y.; Shukla, A.; Słodkowski, M.; Staszel, P.; Stefanek, G.; Stepaniak, J.; Strikhanov, M.; Ströbele, H.; Šuša, T.; Świderski, Ł.; Szewiński, J.; Szukiewicz, R.; Taranenko, A.; Tefelska, A.; Tefelski, D.; Tereshchenko, V.; Toia, A.; Tsenov, R.; Turko, L.; Tveter, T. S.; Unger, M.; Urbaniak, M.; Valiev, F. F.; Veberič, D.; Vechernin, V. V.; Volkov, V.; Wickremasinghe, A.; Wójcik, K.; Wyszyński, O.; Zaitsev, A.; Zimmerman, E. D.; Zviagina, A.; Zwaska, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.072013

Title: Measurements of $π^{+}$ , $π^{-}$ , $p$ , $\bar{p}$ , $K^{+}$ and $K^{-}$ production in $120 GeV / c$ $p + C$ interactions

Journal Article · Thu Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.072013· OSTI ID:2203763

Adhikary, H.; Adrich, P.; Allison, K. K.; Amin, N.; Andronov, E. V.; Antićić, T.; Arsene, I. -C.; Bajda, M.; Balkova, Y.; Baszczyk, M.; Battaglia, D.; Bazgir, A.; Bhosale, S.; Bielewicz, M.; Blondel, A.; Bogomilov, M.; Bondar, Y.; Bostan, N.; Brandin, A.; Bryliński, W. more »

This paper presents multiplicity measurements of charged hadrons produced in 120 GeV/$$c$$ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data collected at the NA61/SHINE experiment during two different data-taking periods, with increased phase space coverage in the second configuration due to the addition of new subdetectors. Particle identification via $dE/dx$ was employed to obtain double-differential production multiplicities of $$\pi^+$$, $$\pi^-$$, $$p$$, $$\bar{p}$$, $K^+$ and $K^-$. These measurements are presented as a function of laboratory momentum in intervals of laboratory polar angle covering the range from 0 to 450 mrad. They provide crucial inputs for current and future long-baseline neutrino experiments, where they are used to estimate the initial neutrino flux.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Contributing Organization:: NA61/SHINE Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 2203763

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1984962

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-23-292-AD; arXiv:2306.02961; PRVDAQ; 072013

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 108 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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