Study of the energy dependence of certain single particle inclusive cross sections at beam momenta between 4 and 20 GeV/c

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5468563

Featherston, G D

An experiment to measure the energy dependence of hadronic single particle inclusive processes a + b ..-->.. c + X,X = all additional secondaries, using a magnetic, single-arm, multiwire proportional chamber spectometer is described. Cross sections integrated over secondary momenta between 300 MeV/c and 600 MeV/c and laboratory production angles in delta theta = 62-3.2/p3/sup 0/ are presented from reactions initiated by projectiles a = ..pi../sup + -/, P/sup + -/, p, and anti p. Proton fragment secondaries detected and identified include c = ..pi../sup + -/, K+, and p. Data at projectile (beam) momenta 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 20 GeV/c were acquired at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Alternating Gradient Synchroron. Cross sections for p+p..--> pi../sup + -/+X rise as energy increases, suggesting study of scaling variables other than s/sup -//sup 1/2/. Data on these reactions produced at the ISR by Capiluppi et al., with s /sup 1/2/ = 23.3 GeV, fall below the fits to A + Bs/sup -//sup 1/2/, when integrated over the acceptance employed in this dissertation. Thus, asymptotic cross section values A deduced from BNL data employing the linear (energy)/sup -1/ dependence above are inaccurate for reactions with B not equivalent to O. Ratios of asymptotic energy inclusive cross section do not agree with 200 GeV/c total cross section ratios, in general. If the ISR data are used as estimates of the asymptotic limits of proton-induced inclusive pion production, it is found that A(p+p..--> pi../sup -/+X)/A(..pi../sup +/+p..--> pi../sup -/+X)=sigma/sub TOT/(p, p)/sigma/sub TOT/(..pi../sup +/, p) since in this experiment ..pi../sup +/+p..--> pi../sup -/+X displays no energy dependence.

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5468563
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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