Hadron production in high energy muon scattering. [Quark-parton model, 225 GeV, structure functions, particle ratios]

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6133535· OSTI ID:6133535

Hicks, R. G.

An experiment was performed to study muon-proton scattering at an incident energy of 225 GeV and a total effective flux of 4.3 x 10/sup 10/ muons. This experiment is able to detect charged particles in coincidence with the scattered muon in the forward hemisphere, and results are reported for the neutral strange particles K/sub s//sup 0/ and ..lambda../sup 0/ decaying into two charged particles. Within experimental limits the masses and lifetimes of these particles are consistent with previous measurements. The distribution of hadrons produced in muon scattering is determined, measuring momentum components parallel and transverse to the virtual photon direction, and these distributions are compared to other high energy experiments involving the scattering of pions, protons, and neutrinos from protons. Structure functions for hadron production and particle ratios are calculated. No azimuthal dependence is observed, and lambda production does not appear to be polarized. The physical significance of the results is discussed within the framework of the quark-parton model. 29 references.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-1195
• OSTI ID: 6133535
• Report Number(s): COO-1195-411
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYONS
BOSONS
COINCIDENCE METHODS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DATA
DATA FORMS
DECAY
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERMIONS
FUNCTIONS
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
GRAPHS
HADRONIC PARTICLE DECAY
HADRONS
HYPERONS
INFORMATION
INTERACTIONS
KAONS
KAONS NEUTRAL
KAONS NEUTRAL LONG-LIVED
LAMBDA PARTICLES
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
LIFETIME
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MASS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MESONS
MUON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
MUON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTON MODEL
PHOTONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
QUARK MODEL
SCATTERING
STRANGE PARTICLES
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
VIRTUAL PARTICLES