Energy and momentum distributions of hadrons produced in inelastic muon-proton scattering. [2 to 4. 7 GeV, cross sections]

Journal Article · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.15.2425· OSTI ID:7259350

del Papa, C; Dorfan, D; Flatte, S M; Heusch, C A; Lieberman, B; Meyer, H; Moss, L; Schalk, T; Seiden, A; Bunnell, K; Duong-van, M; Mozley, R; Odian, A; Villa, F; Wang, L C

We present inclusive distributions for final-state hadrons produced in inelastic muon-proton scattering. Over the total energy range 2 < W < 4.7 GeV and the momentum-transfer range 0.3 < Q/sup 2/ < 4.5 GeV/sup 2/, the fractional momentum and energy distributions approximately scale. Distributions in transverse momentum display an interesting two-component behavior. They show no dependence on the virtual-photon ''mass squared'' Q/sup 2/, and have average values typical of other hadron-initiated reactions. A comparison of our distributions with those seen in e/sup +/e/sup -/ annihilation and neutrino-nucleon scattering shows agreement, in support of quark-parton fragmentation ideas. We further break these distributions down by event topology.

• Research Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064
• OSTI ID: 7259350
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 15:9; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANTILEPTONS
ANTIMATTER
ANTIPARTICLES
COMPOSITE MODELS
CROSS SECTIONS
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY SPECTRA
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MULTIPLICITY
MUON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
MUON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
MUONS
MUONS PLUS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTON MODEL
QUARK MODEL
SCATTERING
SPECTRA