Coherent production of rho mesons in muon-carbon scattering at 150 and 100 GeV

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.24.775· OSTI ID:6455365

Shambroom, W D; Gordon, B A; Loomis, W A; Pipkin, F M; Pordes, S H; Verhey, L J; Wilson, R; Anderson, H L; Fine, R M; Heisterberg, R H; Matis, H S; Mo, L W; Myrianthopoulos, L C; Wright, S C; Francis, W R; Hicks, R G; Kirk, T B.W.; Bharadwaj, V K; Booth, N E; Kirkbride, G I ; Quirk, T W; Skuja, A; Williams, W S.C.

We have observed coherent production of rho mesons by muon scattering on carbon. The differential cross section falls steeply with increasing t (the square of the four-momentum transferred to the nucleus) and helicity is conserved in the s channel. Dominance by coherent production, as well as the radius of the carbon nucleus and the total rho-nucleus cross section derived from our measurements, are consistent with what is observed in other related processes.

• Research Organization: Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
• OSTI ID: 6455365
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 24:3; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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645102* -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Experimental-- Weak Interactions & Properties
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
CARBON
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
COHERENT PRODUCTION
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 100-1000
HADRONS
HELICITY
INFORMATION
LEPTON REACTIONS
MATRIX ELEMENTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
MUON REACTIONS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESONANCE PARTICLES
RHO-765 RESONANCES
S CHANNEL
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
VECTOR MESONS