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Prompt single muon production by protons on iron

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6314145· OSTI ID:6314145
A new experiment has been performed at Fermilab to measure the hadronic production of prompt single muons. A preliminary analysis of a sample of the data indicates approximately equal production of prompt single ..mu../sup +/'s and ..mu../sup -/'s in 350 GeV p-Fe interactions. The observed momentum distributions of prompt single ..mu../sup +/'s and ..mu../sup -/'s can satisfactorily be fit by the hypothesis of central production of D mesons with a cross section of 16 +- 4 ..mu..b/nucleon.
Research Organization:
Rochester Univ., NY (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER13065
OSTI ID:
6314145
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13065--T2; COO--3065-299; UR--783; ON: DE81026195
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English