Measurement of. mu. /sup 0/, eta, and direct photon production at high transverse momentum

Thesis/Dissertation · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6235323

McLaughlin, M R

The high-p/sub perpendicular/ inclusive cross sections for ..pi../sup 0/ and eta production near 90/sup 0/ in the center of mass in 200 GeV/c ..pi../sup +/ and proton collisions with beryllium, carbon, and aluminum targets have been measured. The cross section for both ..pi../sup 0/ and eta mesons rises with increasing nucleon number (A) of the target nucleus as A/sup ..cap alpha../, with ..cap alpha.. > 1. The ratio for the ..pi../sup 0/ yield in pA collisions to that in ..pi../sup +/A collisions decreases with increasing p/sub perpendicular/ the inclusive production of direct photons in the p/sub perpendicular/ range 2.1-5.0 GeV/c for the same interactions have been measured. A significantly yield of direct photons in pC and ..pi../sup +/C collisions for p/sub perpendicular/ > 2.5 GeV/c is observed.

• Research Organization: Rochester Univ., NY (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6235323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALUMINIUM
BARYON REACTIONS
BERYLLIUM
BOSONS
CARBON
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
ETA MESONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MASS NUMBER
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MESON REACTIONS
MESONS
METALS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PHOTONS
PION PLUS REACTIONS
PION REACTIONS
PIONS
PIONS NEUTRAL
PROTON REACTIONS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
TARGETS
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM