K+-nucleus scattering using K {yields} {mu}{nu} decays as a normalization check
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Elastic scattering of 720 and 620 MeV/c positive kaons from targets of {sup 12}C and {sup 6}Li has been measured up to laboratory angles of 42{degrees}. Since the magnitude of the cross sections is sensitive to nuclear medium effects, the K{yields}{mu}{nu} decay mode has been used to check the normalization. GEANT has been used to mimic the kaon decays over a path length of 12cm, with a correlated beam structure matching the experimental kaon beam. The corresponding muon distribution has been passed thru Monte Carlo simulations of the moby dick spectrometer. The results are compared with the experimental number of decay muons with good agreement. These results also agree with the normalization found using p-p elastic scattering. The normalized K{sup +} elastic data are compared to recent optical model predictions based on both Klein-Gordon and KDP equations in the impulse approximation.
- OSTI ID:
- 374782
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9304297-; ISSN 0003-0503; TRN: 96:004080-0147
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 40, Issue 2; Conference: 1993 joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Washington, DC (United States), 12-15 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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